Well, if you think John Q's voice is heard in Congress more than the lobbiests for the multi-corporate, multi-national interests; knock yourself out.
My only clout is the voice I use by being a consumer. It's not much, but it's all I have. I no longer shop at Wal-Mart; I buy locally grown organic foods; I support local artists rather than multi-national chains; and since the State of WA outlawed smokeing in restaurants, I eat at home.
Maybe my little voice doesn't count. But, since I stopped going out for food and coctails twice at week at between 50 and 100 dollars a pop, at least 100 restaurants in the Spokane area have closed.
It's not our government nor the multi-national interests that will ever change. We have to change. We have to go back to basics. That requires that every American get educated in how their money is spent when they write that check or use that plastic. When you give someone your money, you give them your support. It's time for American's to take a side and make a stand.
What do you support? Who gets your money? And, who are they and what do they stand for??? Chances are that if you're spending your money at a maga source, they are screwing their suppliers, their employees and eventually you.
Chances are that most Americans vote with their wallets, and most of them only have consumer education that consists of 30 sec. sound bites!
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