The forgotten players
by digby
Hmmm. Maybe it’s not the all powerful Teabaggers who are calling the GOP shots on this debt ceiling fight after all.
I just saw this on CNN:
In case you were wondering, that’s sponsored by a PR group representing hospitals:
WHAT IS THE COALITION TO PROTECT AMERICA’S HEALTH CARE?
The Coalition is a unique organization of hospitals, national, state, regional and metropolitan associations united with the business community behind one goal: to create television, radio and print advertising that seeks to protect and preserve the financial viability of America’s hospitals. The Coalition is a tax-exempt organization with an independent and diverse board representing all sectors of membership.WHY IS THE COALITION UNIQUE?
The Coalition has one mission…to mount massive advertising campaigns on a sustaining basis on behalf of the entire hospital field – efforts that are unprecedented in their scope and inclusiveness. In addition to thousands of individual hospitals and health systems, Coalition members include every major national hospital association as well as each state, regional and metropolitan hospital association. Coalition ads are triggered solely by threats to the stability and well-being of hospitals.
My goodness. Wouldn’t it be a shock to find out that the GOP is resisting huge spending cuts not because of their fealty to the principle of low taxes but their fealty to Big Business? Bowl me over with a feather.
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