-By Frank Hyland
If there is one complaint heard far more often than any other in today’s political climate, it is that those in Washington — those in power everywhere — don’t listen to We the People. The message is phrased a number of different ways and is issued by a good number of different groups and individuals, but the fundamental complaint is the same. In response, some politicians claim to be hearing the complaint and claim to represent a slice of America. Some politicians appear to be deaf when they respond that their efforts are, indeed, succeeding. Some, albeit still only a relatively small number at present, appear to be keeping their word. A few, though, appear to be “clueless,” if you’ll allow me to slip into the vernacular.
Picture this, or perhaps you needn’t: You don’t have a job; you search for one every day, as you have since 2009; you’ve sent literally hundreds of copies of your resume’ to companies and have not heard back from a single one of them; you have come to know many more people from your city who are in the same situation as you are; your unemployment checks are due to run out soon; you have written your City Council Members, Mayor, United States Congressman, United States Senators, and President, none of whom has answered you except for ridiculous, infuriating notes thanking you for your “interest” in the issue. You are one person among an official jobless rate of 16.7%, although you know very well that that number is a great underestimate.
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Frank Hyland’s Food for Thought: Listen to Me!”
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