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Unnoticed by the mainstream media, Kruscontrol reports that those who will benefit most in the short term from the maneuvering around Trump’s big beautiful bill are DC-based orthopedists and physical therapists. The reason: All that arm-twisting.
It’s very simple. If you are a Republican, and happen to be a Senator or Representative in the House who is considering, even for the moment, voting against Trump’s bill, you are at great risk of harm, physical or otherwise, as any Mexican in LA.
Carrots and sticks, carrots and sticks. Trump has each of them in great supply and will use either and both—although sticks are far more fun for him because they let him feel power over others, and while establishing a clear pecking order, the sight of others on their knees provides him with a high like no other.
Senator, you would probably prefer that your wife and family not know about your recent escapades with those 14 year old girls. Oh, they already know you to be a pervert? Well, how about the voters in your district, you think that that might hurt your chances for re-election next year?
Congressman, your wife has been an executive at the local savings and loan? You feel her job is perfectly secure? Oh, and do you feel sure that your daughter’s application to that ritzy prep school will be approved?
Senator, you know that we are well aware of the payments you’ve been receiving from the local bank for favors and the illegal insider trading practices you’ve been engaging in for the past 10 years that have netted you millions? Thought you could keep those a secret, did you?
Congressman, you thought you were running unopposed in the primary election next year. I guess you didn’t realize just how interested the former NFL Hall of Fame quarterback from your district was in moving to DC?
It’s almost too easy. So many elected officials in DC, Democrats as well as Republicans, love to keep squeaky clean images, all the while benefiting from position and privilege, all the while engaging in practices that run anywhere between shady to outright felonious. If you happen to have ultimate power, as does one particular resident of Pennsylvania Avenue, you can have your cake and eat it. But if you are at the beck and call of that fellow, be ready to sway in the wind, be ready to abandon common sense and good judgement. Be ready to assume the prone position.
Lisa Murkowski, I’m not sure what secrets you’ve been able to hide in return for your vote, and, yes, Alaskan whalers and rural hospitals will benefit from your ability to extract some local favors for casting the deciding yes vote for that bill. But you had to know just how critically flawed it was. How could you consider local favors a fair trade considering the thousands who will lose Medicaid and the trillion dollar deficit this legislation will bring in order to give breaks to the rich.
C’mon, even Susan Collins showed a backbone for once in her life. To hell with carrots and sticks–you sold the family cow for a handful of beans–shame on you.
