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These men were not elected, and have no legitimate position in government, yet they have the power to interfere
Three Private Civilians Have Been Shaping Policy at the VA From Mar-a-Lago
ProPublica found that the three men had been part of the daily leadership of the agency, actively reviewing and weighing in on regular policy and personnel decisions.
Ike Perlmutter, Bruce Moskowitz (and his remora fish son Aaron), Marc Sherman
Why do they feel they have the right to interfere directly, with the VA ? Why did the trio have the power to push Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin out ?
David Shulkin did not want complete privatization of veteran services, did not want the VA to become monetized by private corporations.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics...rs-secretary-david-shulkin-is-a-bad-idea.html
Yummy corruption opportunities, for Trump's enforcers- Do it Mr. Trump's way, or else...
https://www.propublica.org/article/...oskowitz-marc-sherman-shadow-rulers-of-the-va
Shulkin came to the Obama administration to run the VA health care system after the 2014 Phoenix scandal. His selection came after a turbulent Trump transition, during which the president interviewed several potential candidates before settling on Shulkin. Trump reportedly gave Shulkin the job because the New Jersey physician persuaded him he could continue the slow, deliberate privatization of the VA and deliver other wins to Trump on issues like employee accountability (read: easier firing of civil servants).
Shulkin could have been allowed to be quietly corrupt, if he allowed Trump's alliance to exploit the VA completely, and allowed Trump to pare the actual VA down to a skeleton crew.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-fired-va-secretary-shulkin-for-wrong-reasons-3423a42d38cb/
(Trump always needs money for his own, personal pet projects- He scraped money up, by leaving departments empty, skimping on funding, leaving people without resources. Trump has no problem with making false promises to vets, and breaking them.)
But the administration has already established that it believes corporate tax cuts are so important, they’re worth enacting at any fiscal cost. Given that context, it shouldn’t be difficult for Democrats to paint the White House’s current hard line on deficits as a tacit admission that it sees caring for America’s retired troops as less important than increasing corporate America’s allowance.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...afford-veterans-health-care-without-cuts.html
Three Private Civilians Have Been Shaping Policy at the VA From Mar-a-Lago
ProPublica found that the three men had been part of the daily leadership of the agency, actively reviewing and weighing in on regular policy and personnel decisions.
Ike Perlmutter, Bruce Moskowitz (and his remora fish son Aaron), Marc Sherman
Why do they feel they have the right to interfere directly, with the VA ? Why did the trio have the power to push Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin out ?
David Shulkin did not want complete privatization of veteran services, did not want the VA to become monetized by private corporations.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics...rs-secretary-david-shulkin-is-a-bad-idea.html
Yummy corruption opportunities, for Trump's enforcers- Do it Mr. Trump's way, or else...
https://www.propublica.org/article/...oskowitz-marc-sherman-shadow-rulers-of-the-va
Shulkin came to the Obama administration to run the VA health care system after the 2014 Phoenix scandal. His selection came after a turbulent Trump transition, during which the president interviewed several potential candidates before settling on Shulkin. Trump reportedly gave Shulkin the job because the New Jersey physician persuaded him he could continue the slow, deliberate privatization of the VA and deliver other wins to Trump on issues like employee accountability (read: easier firing of civil servants).
Shulkin could have been allowed to be quietly corrupt, if he allowed Trump's alliance to exploit the VA completely, and allowed Trump to pare the actual VA down to a skeleton crew.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-fired-va-secretary-shulkin-for-wrong-reasons-3423a42d38cb/
(Trump always needs money for his own, personal pet projects- He scraped money up, by leaving departments empty, skimping on funding, leaving people without resources. Trump has no problem with making false promises to vets, and breaking them.)
But the administration has already established that it believes corporate tax cuts are so important, they’re worth enacting at any fiscal cost. Given that context, it shouldn’t be difficult for Democrats to paint the White House’s current hard line on deficits as a tacit admission that it sees caring for America’s retired troops as less important than increasing corporate America’s allowance.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...afford-veterans-health-care-without-cuts.html