Government accounting is a tricky business, especially when dealing with matters such as this. At one point, DoD couldn't account for over $2 trillion and that was over ten years ago:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-325985.html

I agree that balance is key, as emphasized in Eisenhower's warning. From my perspective, that balance was lost long ago as no one in the upper tiers of government, the defense establishment or in finance/industry (or the citizenry) paid one bit bit of attention to any of Ike's warnings in that speech:

> "Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element of time. As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow. "