elaine chao

i'd never heard of her (or if i had, i don't remember). none of this information surprises me in the least. the fact all of this went on and we did NOTHING about it doesn't surprise me either. what DOES surprise me is WHY? why have we let this go on? i don't understand any of it. if you click the link below you'll find out some of the things ms chao actually DID (or in some cases didn't) do
reprehensible
What's wrong with Elaine Chao?
by thsisnotanexit
Short answer: lots.
Elaine Chao is the Secretary of Labor, George W. Bush's longest-serving cabinet member, and wife of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.
Under Elaine’s 'leadership,' the Department of Labor has turned into an agency that screws America's workers and enables corporate giveaways.
That's why today workers' rights advocacy group American Rights at Work launches a new campaign against Elaine Chao at www.ShameOnElaine.org.
Let's take a look at some of her more egregious failures.
thsisnotanexit's diary :: ::
We compiled a lot of dirt that's piled up about Elaine Chao over the last seven years on a multitude of issues, from mine safety lapses to plain old corruption.
Unlike her cohorts in the Bush Administration, Elaine Chao has escaped much-needed public scrutiny of her time on the job. From littering the Labor Department with corporate insiders to dismantling worker safety protections and collaborating with her husband, Sen. Mitch McConnell, on a blatant anti-worker political agenda, Elaine has disgraced her role as Secretary of Labor.
Elaine Chao’s egregious policies include rollbacks of critical mine safety protections, hostility toward workers and their unions, and collaboration with corporate interests, most notably through her husband, Senator Mitch McConnell...........