November 13, 2012 10:57AM 

# Top General Weighs In 

By [Andrew J. Coulson](https://www.cato.org/people/andrew-coulson) 

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Oh, no, not [*that*](http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/12/us/petraeus-cia-resignation/index.html) general. I’m talking about Eisenhower, as quoted in the June 16, 1952 issue of *Quick* magazine.

Asked what he thought about “compulsory health insurance,” Ike came out “against submitting our lives toward a control that would lead inevitably to socialism.” Now we get to find out if Ike was right.

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