IN THE words of Herbert Stein,chairman of Richard Nixon’s Council of Economic Advisors, “If something cannot move on forever, and it will stop.” The uncertainty over Ronny Jacksons future could not move on forever. Nominated by Donald Trump to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs,he was due to seem before a Senate committee this week. But on April 23rd, allegations surfaced that Mr Jackson overprescribed drugs, or drank on duty and was a nightmare to work with. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee postponed his hearing.
On the evening of April 25th those allegations grew more specific. The committee’s minority staff released a document based on conversations with 23 colleagues and former colleagues” alleging,among other things, that Mr Jackson doled out prescription drugs without prescriptions (a practice that allegedly earned him the nickname Candyman”), or drank while on call,wrecked a government vehicle while drunk, described as “toxic, and “abusive, “incapable of not losing his mood,” and prone to...
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Source: economist.com