Because, Admit It!, You Wanted To Know What Rick Perry Could Actually Do For a Living.
Rick Perry has never had a honest-to-goodness real job his entire life. His entire adult life has been spent on the public dole as a government employee. And he became a millionaire doing it, which, you must admit, is impressive money management.
So, he recently had to find a damn job.
That was not as hard as you’d suspect for a guy who can’t do diddle squat. While he was running for governor and then later running for president, a group called MCNA Dental, a Fort Lauderdale-based company, gave him about $57,000.
MCNA Dental — which has contracts with the Texas, Florida and Louisiana Medicaid programs, according to its website — was the top donor to Perry’s presidential bid, which ended in September, donating $37,800 directly to his campaign, according to OpenSecrets.org. MCNA Dental also gave $20,000 to Texans for Rick Perry, Perry’s state political action committee, in 2010, according to state records.
So when MCNA needed someone to lobby Florida Governor Rick Scott, guess who they picked? Rick, of course. Swanky move because this send a double message, “We take care of you now, and we take care of you later.” Not your teeth, of course – you political and personal money needs.
MCNA wants to let Rick Scott know that here’s a cushy job for him, too, after he leaves office if his state uses their dental program. The best part is that they never have to say a word. Slick Rick is there to show it in living color.
Thanks to Brian C for the heads up.
He still doesn’t have a real job. Lobbyist is not a real job.
Send the boy home to his Panhandle ranch and make him do some real actual work. My husband’s over 70 and still builds fence by hand. Perry could do that.
1Wowwwwwwwwwww! Whudda thought a soul would sell for so little.
2Where was the party in Texas last night? First Elizabeth Moon expecting pRick to do a man’s work, the Micr chiming in implying that pRick has a soul. Thinking y’all just might be needing a little hair of the dog that bit ya.
3Micr, Perry should have to pay someone to take his soul.
Sort of like Hugh Hefner’s mansion. Just think of the disinfecting bills.
4Elizabeth Moon, seriously? There’s no telling what kind of labyrinth you’d end up with if Rick were building a fence. My dog could do a better job. Come to think of it, my dog coulda done a better job as governor.
5Treehugger needs a little hair of the dog as well I guess. Can’t spell my own name.
6Florida Gov Rick Scott already has a head start in the area of medical grift. He didn’t just lower standards for children with heart surgery in his state, he removed the standards all together after a campaign donation from… Tenet Healthcare.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/13/health/florida-hospital-standards-republican-gifts/index.html
7Slimy, slimy 7 letter words for illegitimate spawn! Now I have to work hard to wash my brain out before I go to bed!
8And according to the article, MCNA Dental has contracts with 3 states to provide the dental care for their Medicaid programs.
Yup, though he wouldn’t expand it in his own state, Ricky is now affiliated with a company that gets a lotta business from that big ole gubmint program. It’s raining irony.
Just send this guy to prison, already.
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