Shinseki: Sacrificed for the Status Quo
P. Schultz
May 31, 2014
And so it
came to pass that Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki was sacrificed to
preserve the status quo. As is often the case, such resignations are a way of
moving an issue from the front page to the back page, as it were, and from
there people lose interest and genuine reforms are stymied. But by then no one
really notices or cares. And so ABC news reports:
“In this crisis, it became clear to the
White House that the solution to the problems identified in news accounts and
in a damning report from the VA's inspector general were endemic and would take
time to turn around, let alone correct.”
Ah
yes, those “endemic” problems that “take time to turn around” and “correct.”
So, the message is: Don’t expect anything much to happen with regard to genuine
reform at the VA. After all, the problems are “endemic” and we all have some to
know that government and our politicians cannot deal with such problems, to say
nothing of solving them. You would think, though, that after awhile people
would catch on and replace those politicians who treat problems as “endemic.”
But,
hey, we know that administration is trying. For, after all, Shinseki has been
sacrificed despite the facts that he “is a very good man," Obama said . .
.”I don't just mean he's an accomplished man. I don't just mean that he's been
an outstanding soldier. He's a good person who's done exemplary work on our
behalf." Oh, isn’t life so demanding at the top?
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