Is Washington listening to our concerns?

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:banghead:Gas continues high. Rentals and home purchase are outrageous to rent or to purchase. No jobs, low paying jobs and food prices are climbing everyday to ridiculous amounts. How can we get Washington’s attention? Any ideas?
 
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:banghead:Gas continues high. Rentals and home purchase are outrageous to rent or to purchase. No jobs, low paying jobs and food prices are climbing everyday to ridiculous amounts. How can we get Washington’s attention? Any ideas?
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Don’t vote Democrat or Republican. Vote third party candidates only.
 
WilT said:
:banghead:Gas continues high. Rentals and home purchase are outrageous to rent or to purchase. No jobs, low paying jobs and food prices are climbing everyday to ridiculous amounts. How can we get Washington’s attention? Any ideas?
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Not sure. There are other concerns also, such as the amount of money spent in Iraq and Afghanistan instead of at home in the USA.
 
WilT said:
:banghead:Gas continues high. Rentals and home purchase are outrageous to rent or to purchase. No jobs, low paying jobs and food prices are climbing everyday to ridiculous amounts. How can we get Washington’s attention? Any ideas?
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Have a lot of money.
 
Hire a lobbyist for average people. Every major industry has one or several. The amount of lobbyists is high.

I buy less, do without and live pretty much the way I did in the 1960s. If I can’t afford it, I don’t buy it. I keep my food selections simple. I’ve cut out most snack foods which is good for my general health, and weight.

I hope the lobbyists for the retail industry start realizing that if people are paying more for gas then they will be spending less in stores. Hey, running up your credit card is pointless.

So, I think the world of retail knows that we’ll be cutting back. Snack food companies may go out of business. Clothes above a certain price will stay on the rack. And if they try the “pay by the mile tax,” I will cut my drive time even further than it is. I’m sure the suburbs won’t miss me. That means more time between oil changes too.

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actually, gasoline has dropped 25% in the last fe months, and is cheaper here than many parts of the world. the biggest problem is deficit spending, it can’t go on forever. and no, washington isn’t listening, they don’t need to, they hold all the cards.
 
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actually, gasoline has dropped 25% in the last fe months, and is cheaper here than many parts of the world. the biggest problem is deficit spending, it can’t go on forever. and no, washington isn’t listening, they don’t need to, they hold all the cards.
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I don’t see a problem with deficit spending as long as it is not too high. It has been around for many years now, and still the USA is a powerful country and there is no inflation at this time. But if you want to cut the deficit spending the easy way to do it would be to stop the wars. The Iraq and Afghan wars have cost more than 1 trillion dollars. If these wars had not been waged, the deficit would be 1 trillion dollars less than it is now. Further, the last time I checked on the US defense budget it was over 1 trillion dollars per year. And why does the USA need so many bases and soldiers overseas. I was reading in the news, that the USA is now sending troops to Latvia. But Latvia had been getting along just fine without US troops so far.
 
actual inflation is a lot higher than government report. if you know grocery prices and property taxes and healthcare, inflation is skyrocketing. and this is the first year in a long time that heating oil has come down.
 
WilT said:
:banghead:Gas continues high. Rentals and home purchase are outrageous to rent or to purchase. No jobs, low paying jobs and food prices are climbing everyday to ridiculous amounts. How can we get Washington’s attention? Any ideas?
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Gas has dropped quite a bit and food is actually pretty cheap compared to how much people used to spend.

I feel your pain regarding housing andjobs.
 
so you’re saying wages have gone up faster than inflation, on average?
 
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so you’re saying wages have gone up faster than inflation, on average?
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No, just that food is ridiculously cheap in the US by international and historical standards.

In contrast the housing prices in California are in many parts reaching absurd prices by US standards.
 
cottage cheese and bread and milk are more expensive than ever before.
 
I’m not sure that it matters whether “Washington” is listening or not. The implication is that the government has the ability to fix or manage an economy comprised of over 300 million people. I think that the central government’s capabilities in that regard are quite limited.
 
With regard to hiring a lobbyist–they’re not just for the wealthy and big corporations.

Nearly every interest group you can imagine has an association and a lobbyist. They’re like patron saints. Every group has one.

If you make a list of all the different aspects of your life: job, community, religion, hobby, education, health, etc. there’s bound to be a group, association, organization you can contact, volunteer for, get involved with, etc. and you can help make your voice heard.

Actually, there are probably more groups that work at the state level, and you’re much more likely to have an effect on public policies at the state level. Just do a search with your state’s name and “association of” and whatever group you’re a part of.

These are all actual groups that I found in the last two minutes:

Association of Notaries. Association of School Nurses. Association of Township Supervisors. Association of American Veterans. Association of School Boards. Association of Bass Fishing. Association of Birders. Association of Pool Players. Etc. Etc. Etc.
 
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