# EP53 — Military-Industrial Complex

**Series:** GOP Brand Of Socialism Is Bad For America
**Item:** 53 of 53

## Claim (working)
Eisenhower's military-industrial complex: taxpayer-funded defense spending that socializes cost/risk onto the public while privatizing profit to contractors.
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## Status
DRAFT — unverified.