Pro Cap and Trade Democrat Caught on Tape Admitting Congress is Stealing from the American People

A pro Cap and Trade Democrat, Tom Perriello of Virginia's 5^th district, was caught on tape admitting that the US Congress is blatantly stealing from the American people. While the fact of congressional theft is hardly shocking or news to most Americans, the fact that a serving congressman would say it so shamelessly and bluntly most certainly is. In effect, Perriello was saying unless there are actual laws in place preventing Congress from relentlessly spending hard-working, taxpayers' money on waste, pork and unpopular legislation like Obamacare, Congress will continue stealing from the American people without hesitation. Perriello's exact quote was: "If you don't tie our hands, we will keep stealing!" His quote was in reference to how Congress has a notorious history of misspending and diverting money from programs like Social Security into other, undesirable pursuits...which in part contributes to the now-almost insolvent state of the program.

Perriello's ungainly admission-in all likelihood a complete accident and not something he'd willingly concede to, especially on tape of all places-is particularly self-damning and reflects even more poorly than usual on the Democrat Party because of the country's overwhelming opposition and sensitivity to deficit-raising pieces of legislation like Obamacare. For all intents and purposes, Perriello may as well have said, "Hahahahaha...we in Congress just loooove screwing you over, American people!" and then ended his admission with a more maniacal laugh along the lines of the Joker! Coincidentally-or, perhaps, interestingly-Perriello is one of the very troubled House Democrats whom The Hill pegs as "more vulnerable" in his reelection chances in the fall. I suppose this accidentally too-candid moment was Perriello's way of making himself look like he's really "talking straight" with his constituents, but it just sounds oh-so-bad anyway. And in politics, where perception is basically everything, that's not a favorable place to be if you're looking for reelection.

We all know Congress is a relentless thief of the American taxpayer's hard-earned money, and it's been nowhere near as glaring as it's ever been than the last year with Obama's spend-till-you-go-blue-in-the-face solution for everything. Whether the debacle known as TARP (Necessary? Debatable at best), the absolute failure of epic proportions that sent the unemployment rate skyrocketing into the double digits called the "Stimulus" bill, or the latest train wreck passed off as legislation that Obama's been championing, health care "reform," pretty much every major economic policy of Obama's can be counted as stealing!

Perriello also confessed to the innate nature of congressmen to have absolutely no self-control when it comes to wasteful and excessive spending, hence his belief that only with laws specifically banning such practices can congressional spending be brought under control. Using the idiom of "raiding the cookie jar," he insisted that the only way for Americans to see a fiscally responsible Congress that actually followed through on balanced budgets and pay-as-you-go promises was to ensure that legislation actually mandated them to do so.

Yesterday, Perriello, and keep in mind his chances of reelection are so perilous that he was listed as one of the 12 most vulnerable House Democrats, made a big show to his constituents by voting against the Democrat leadership's procedure to use the Slaughter rule to sneakily get Obamacare passed in the House. However, this is all just a huge façade-since no Democrats can really be trusted to vote their conscience, what with all their susceptibility to strong-arming and bribery-since Sean Hannity's latest tracking of congressmen who very well in the end may vote "yes" on Obamacare has Perriello listed as a "probable yes." My best guess is that Perriello does vote for Obamacare on Sunday and then subsequently gets tossed on his fanny when Virginia 5^th district voters fire him in November. So good riddance to bad rubbish!

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Sources:

Tom Perriello, Wikipedia

Eric Zimmermann, Perriello: "If you don't tie our hands, we'll keep stealing!" The Hill

Congressman: "We will keep stealing!" Word Net Daily

Election 2010 - Tom Perriello, Wikipedia

Ray Reed, Perriello votes against "deem-and-pass," The News and Advance

Where your congressional representative stands, Hannity.com