Eisenhower looking into the future

Eisenhower thought a few Texas politicians and oil millionaires were "stupid" nearly 50 years ago.

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid." - President Eisenhower to his brother, Edgar Newton Eisenhower, on Nov. 8, 1954

Eisenhower was a Republican who actually had reality based ideas.
- Being a war veteran, Eisenhower had the credentials to speak in matters of foreign policy and military. (Unlike this president)
- Eisenhower also recognized the abuse of power the military was potentially capable of with his predicition of the military industrial complex.