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minus-squareMinotaur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoOkay. How many senators have you gotten coffee with?
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·7 months agoAbout a dozen. I live in the capital. So it’s a little easier to meet them.
minus-squareMinotaur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoDo you think that’s a typical experience for the average American
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·7 months agoDepends how involved you want to be. I’ve met with politicians all my life. That’s their job to listen to you. I use to see Ike every time he was in Missouri or I was in Washington. He felt it was important to talk to the people he represented. If your politicians won’t talk to you, you need to make it clear they won’t get your vote.
minus-squareMinotaur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoIf you’ve talked to them then why hasn’t the change happened
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·7 months agoWell don’t expect a massive change in 30 days. I’ve only started talking to them about the fuel tax recently. Both sides are opposed as it’ll crush the poor.
Okay. How many senators have you gotten coffee with?
About a dozen. I live in the capital. So it’s a little easier to meet them.
Do you think that’s a typical experience for the average American
Depends how involved you want to be. I’ve met with politicians all my life. That’s their job to listen to you.
I use to see Ike every time he was in Missouri or I was in Washington. He felt it was important to talk to the people he represented.
If your politicians won’t talk to you, you need to make it clear they won’t get your vote.
If you’ve talked to them then why hasn’t the change happened
Well don’t expect a massive change in 30 days. I’ve only started talking to them about the fuel tax recently. Both sides are opposed as it’ll crush the poor.