A cabinet member, Kathleen Sebelius, is asking people affected by the Affordable Care Act to donate money to help implement the law. Congress passed the law, the President signed it but in these days of austerity and dystopia not enough money was appropriated to make the law reality. Is this any way to run a country?
According to the Justice Department cabinet members are allowed to solicit donations in their capacity of private citizens as long as, “you do not
solicit funds from a subordinate or from someone who has or seeks
business with the Department, and you do not use your official title”. Since Sibelius has called health industry executives as well as others, how can these executives not feel that they are being asked for money even if the subject comes up?
I think the next step should be to ask defense contractors to help pay for our weapons or farmers to pay for their subsidies. Where does this stupidity stop?
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