Status is what counts and always has!

[GoodTaste]

Status is what counts and always has! Who needs to honor heroes without rank? Oh, let me have a Zhang Fei straight and true, Who’ll pay out every ingrate what he’s due. Did Zhang Fei kill the Imperial Corps commander? Read on.

Source: https://es.scribd.com/book/295628469/Three-Kingdoms-A-Historical-Novel

Is "always has" the short form of "always has counted"?

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes.

Please note that we would always prefer to read the source and author of quoted text rather than have to click on a link.

I'll do it for you this time: it's from Three Kingdoms by Luo Gaunzhong.

 

[GoodTaste]

I'll do it for you this time: it's from Three Kingdoms by Luo Gaunzhong.

And translated into English by Moss Roberts, a professor in NYU's Department of East Asian studies.

 

[Tdol]

Is "always has" the short form of "always has counted"?

Yes, but it would sound worse with counted; it was become repetitious.