tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post8797876347563810085..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Dwight Eisenhower, New Deal SocialistUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-90751384726728542802010-10-07T17:56:49.186-04:002010-10-07T17:56:49.186-04:00Then there was that "Communist" Richard ...Then there was that "Communist" <b>Richard Nixon</b>, and his <i>Guaranteed Minimum Income</i>.<br /><br />{Sigh}<br /><br />{JCF w/ No Income}JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-29160054409820135502010-10-07T13:08:17.722-04:002010-10-07T13:08:17.722-04:00Thanks Euber-G. I had not remembered it correctly....Thanks Euber-G. I had not remembered it correctly.susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-78195890804973458202010-10-07T13:01:15.459-04:002010-10-07T13:01:15.459-04:00The National Interstate and Defense Highways Act w...The National Interstate and Defense Highways Act was not only meant to provide for the private citizen, like the Autobahn that Eisenhower had seen in Germany, it was meant to provide for the fast deplyoment of troops. This is why you now have the anomaly "Interstate" highways in Hawaii.<br /><br />You are right, dear Counterlight, 50 years ago the American public, having just come out of the war, was interested in the common good and not just "what's in this for me".Ueber-Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041354309320717456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-27205838520187923522010-10-07T12:06:58.490-04:002010-10-07T12:06:58.490-04:00I do have to say that the way I remember it, the H...I do have to say that the way I remember it, the Highway system was to provide escape routes from possible atomic attack. Although I'm sure it was not touted quite that way to the general public.susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-38311770770580448332010-10-07T11:48:31.757-04:002010-10-07T11:48:31.757-04:00And sadly so...And sadly so...Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.com