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Not For Profit Corporation

Not For Profit Corporation

Being a lobbyists in Washington, D.C. is one of the the most highly sought-after, prestigious and well compensated positions in the nation's capitol. It has been said that Washington lobbyists and the corporate money and influence they represent are the life-blood of the so-called Corporate-Congressional-Military-Industrial complex.

The Military-industrial complex was a term coined in the early 1960's by then U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower to describe a system of corporations and corporate-government relationships that had grown up during World War I to provide weapons to the three branches of the U.S. Military and the armies of other nations as well.

The ties that bound these corporations like Boeing (Pacific Aero Products Co. in 1916 when it began), Raytheon, in 1922, Northrop Corporation in 1936, and General Dynamics in 1952 greatly expanded in power and influence by the 1960's. So much so that President Eisenhower made a nationally televised address to the nation to warn against it.

In his farewell speech on January, 17th, 1961 Eisenhower states that, "until World War II the U.S. had no armaments industry...and that currently some 3.5 million people are involved and directly engaged in the defense establishment."

Eisenhower went on to say, "Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence economic, political, and even spiritual is felt in every city, every statehouse, and every office of the federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development, yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications," Eisenhower said.

The Expansion of the Military-Industrial Complex

In the almost 50 years since President Eisenhower's speech, this complex web of government, private defense contractors, lobbyists, banks, and corporations has mushroomed into a formidable force in many areas within the American political system. So much so that advocates, journalists and scholars alike are warning that corporations are gaining way to much influence.