I have wanted to write about the retirement and disappearance of former Congressman Henry Waxman.
I could not wait for this man to leave Congress.
Conservatives in the South Bay along with other grassroots interest throughout the 33rd Congressional District did everything they could to stop Waxman. He has been an unwelcome Washington shill since he was elected in 1974.
After forty years of doing the bidding of large corporate interests and labor unions, while ignoring the best interests of the public and the rule of law written in the United States Constitution, it was time for Waxman to go. He was the epitome of well-connected cronyism.
He secured big money for big donors.
His legislation helped bankrupt the United States Postal Service by reuiring the institution to pay ahead of time 75 years worth of benefits.
Yet throughout his tenure, Waxman liked to advertise himself as a champion for working people and the environment, while standing up to greedy capitalist raiders and corporate lobbyists
Unbelievable.
What's Henry the Taxman up to now?
He's a corporate lobbyist!
Laughing out loud? You should be!
Forward.com wrote a laughable tribute for the former Congressman:
retire from Congress after 40 years of service, he was rightly hailed as one of
the most influential liberals, and one of the most skilled legislators, of his
generation. Waxman’s list of accomplishments is astonishing – expanding
Medicaid, strengthening of the Clean Air Act, regulating the tobacco industry,
funding AIDS research, investigating steroid use, instituting, passing
healthcare reform, and much more.
Expanding Medicaid is not something to be proud of. Passing the (Un)Affordable Care Act has actually been one of the biggest disasters for the Democratic Party which he claimed to champion. Arrogant, self-serving Waxman once bragged that the Democratic caucus could afford to lose House seats in order to pass the Affordable Care Act.
I wonder how his freshmen and sophomore Democratic colleagues felt when they heard the liberal Dean of the House throw them under the bus?! Obamacare has pretty much ruined the Democratic Party, with Obama at the helm convinced that his super status to the base would be enough to overcome national resistance to his policies.
Forward was further unsparing in their criticism:
about politicians who spend so long in Washington – namely, that they “go
native” and adapt themselves to its corrupt and cozy ecosystem, using all that
experience and savvy to turn a wealth of political connections into just plain
wealth.
lobbyist for telecommunications giant T-Mobile, as well as four groups that
focus on healthcare and service employees. This was, as the Washington Examiner
noted, a bit of a turnaround for the man that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
once called a “Lobbyist’s Nightmare.”
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fact that he’s actually been trying to sell out for a few months now but had
trouble finding takers. In February, the National Law Journal reported that
Waxman had shopped himself around to major DC law and lobbying firms without
success, and had instead decided to join his son Michael’s firm, Waxman
Strategies.
Poor Henry! After 40 years of scheming and stealing from taxpayers, of kowtowing to corporate interests in DC while pretending to be a progressive activist at home, nobody wants him anymore!