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More details are being released about the anonymous<\/a> expose of Washington D.C. corruption and largesse that confirms why Americans hate their national government and have rallied to anti-establishment presidential candidates like Donald Trump<\/strong>. As NYPost reports,<\/a> the 65-page manifesto called ‘The Confessions of Congressman X’ is based on years of transcribed private discussions, which the congressman last November gave editor Robert Atkinson, says more time is spent fundraising than reading bills and calls Washington a “sinkhole of leeches,” where money ‘corrupts’ and House members are “puppets” to lobbyists who bankroll their campaigns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cLike most of my colleagues, I promise my constituents a lot of stuff I can never deliver,<\/strong>\u201d he admits.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cBut what the hell? It makes them happy hearing it . . . My main job is to keep my job.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n As NYPost.com reports,<\/a> the book, published by the small Mill City Press, is based on years of transcribed private discussions, which the congressman last November gave editor Robert Atkinson. Atkinson declined to say whether Congressman X – a Democrat – is a current or former House member.<\/p>\n The title of one chapter sums up his view of congressional leaders: \u201cHarry Reid\u2019s a Pompous Ass,\u201d he says of the Senate Democratic leader.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe spend money we don\u2019t have and blithely mortgage the future with a wink and a nod. Screw the next generation. It\u2019s about getting credit now, lookin\u2019 good for the upcoming election<\/strong>,\u201d he says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He said he and his colleagues often lie to try to be all things to all people instead of tackling the nation\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n \u201cI contradict myself all the time, but few people notice,\u201d<\/strong> X says. \u201cOne minute I rail against excessive spending and ballooning debt. The next minute I\u2019m demanding more spending on education, health care, unemployment benefits, conservation projects, yadda, yadda, yadda.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Voters are described as gullible, know-nothing jerks, while the only people who count are the big donors who pour billions of dollars into lobbying.<\/p>\n \u201cVoters are incredibly ignorant.<\/strong> It\u2019s far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification .\u2009.\u2009.,\u201d vents Congressman X.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He says money \u201ccorrupts\u201d and House members are \u201cpuppets\u201d to lobbyists who bankroll their campaigns.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cBusiness organizations and unions fork over more than $3 billion a year to those who lobby the federal government. Does that tell you something? We\u2019re operating a f\u2013king casino,\u201d <\/strong><\/u>he says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He describes himself as a \u201ccloset moderate\u201d who supports charter schools and tax vouchers to allow poor kids to go to private schools.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n But students take a back seat to partisan politics…<\/p>\n \u201cOur education\u2019s in the toilet, and all we do is snipe at each other,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Congress is too polarized and partisan to get anything done, by the congressman\u2019s account.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThere seems to be a complete disintegration of confidence in government. A fear that government is its own special interest,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n X says the cloak of anonymity gave him the freedom to expose \u00adsecrets, including how the public\u2019s money is wasted. New York sources speculated it\u2019s Rep. Steve Israel (D-LI), a moderate who announced he\u2019s retiring and who has complained about the constant need to fundraise to finance re-election campaigns.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n
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\u201cAmerica\u2019s on an irreversible decline and no one in Washington seems to care . . . God help us.\u201d<\/strong><\/u><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n