Congressman Perriello and Democrats in Washington
have voted for tax increases totaling over $660B; the equivalent of
more than $2,100 in tax increases for every man, woman and child in the
United States.
Chatham, VA - Yesterday, The Committee on Ways & Means Republican
Committee issued a statement outlining votes by Tom Perriello and his
Democratic allies that add up to nearly $664 billion in tax increases (
http://tiny.cc/pmkcf).
Despite dozens of town hall meetings where Fifth District residents
pleaded for tax relief and asked Perriello to end wasteful government
spending, Perriello voted for 24 of the 25 tax increases. Over half of
the tax increases he voted for are on middle class families.
His party line votes with Democrats and Barack Obama to tax middle class
families and small businesses made him one of President Obama's
favorite members of Congress(Chris Cillizza,
"Five House Democrats to watch on health care,"
3/16/2010).
Following The Committee on Ways & Means Republicans statement, State
Senator Robert Hurt, conservative Republican congressional candidate in
Virginia's 5th District released the following statement:
"During his 2008 campaign, Rep. Perriello promised Virginians that he
would make job creation his top priority. Not only has he failed to
provide job growth and promote an environment for small businesses to
start hiring again, he has ignored the calls for help from so many
struggling families in the Fifth District.
Since his election in 2008, Tom Perriello has voted to increase wasteful
government spending with the so called 'stimulus package', voted to
increase taxes on small businesses through cap and trade and increase
taxes on middle class families with government run healthcare. He has
cast his lot with Democrats in Washington and ignored the people of the
Fifth District.
We need a leader in Washington, D.C. who will fight for our families and
demand that the Democratic controlled Congress pass tax cuts for the
hard working families and small businesses of Virginia.
As your next Congressman, I will put Virginians ahead of Washington
special interests. My first priority will be to work on legislation that
will get the people of our district working again. We need leadership
that recognizes that the best way to restart our economic engine is to
cut taxes, get government out of people's lives and let the free market
work."