Why Joe Consumer Isn't Heard

Exactly. Consumer Advocate groups can't compete when they have to go against that kind of money. Charlie

 

Maybe not, but a petition with a thousand constituent's signatures on it would make a powerful statement. Trouble is, a lot of people will bitch about laws enacted, but never do anything to stop them.

Gib

 

What do we need to do to get a something done about this problem? I will sign what ever it takes to get washington to wake up to what the companies are doing to the consumers.

 

Anyone else old enough to remember "School House Rock"?

I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill..........:

}} {Woof! You sure gotta climb a lotta steps to get to this Capitol
}} Building here in Washington! But I wonder who that sad little
}} scrap of paper is?}

I'm just a bill,
Yes, I'm only a bill,
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a long, long journey
To the capital city,
It's a long, long wait
While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law someday...
At least I hope and pray that I will,
But today I'm still just a bill.

}} {Gee, bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage!}
{Well I got *this* far. When I started, I wasn't even a *bill* - I
was just an idea. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law
passed, so they called their local congressman and he "You're right,
there ought to be a law." Then he sat down and wrote me out and
introduced me to Congress, and I became a bill. And I'll remain a
bill until they decide to make me a law.}

I'm just a bill,
Yes I'm only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well now I'm stuck in committee
And I sit here and wait
While a few key congressmen
Discuss and debate
Whether they should
Let me be a law...
Oh how I hope and pray that they will,
But today I am still just a bill.

}} {Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and
}} debate about you?}
{Yes. I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far.
I hope they decide to report on me favourably, otherwise I may die.}
}} {"Die?"}
{Yeah: die in committee. Oooh! But it looks like I'm gonna live.
Now I go to the House of Representatives and they vote on me.}
}} {If they vote "yes", what happens?}
{Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again.}
}} {Oh no!}
{Oh yes!}

I'm just a bill,
Yes I'm only a bill,
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill,
Well then I'm off to the White House
Where I'll wait in a line
With a lot of other bills
For the President to sign.
And if he signs me then I'll be a law...
Oh, how I hope and pray that he will,
But today I am still just a bill.

}} {You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the
}} President can still say no?}
{Yes, that's called a "veto". If the President vetoes me, I have to
go back to Congress, and they vote on me again, and by that time
it's...}
}} {By that time, it's very unlikely that you'll *become* a law! It's
}} not easy to become a law, is it?}

No! But how I hope and I pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill!

}} {He signed you, bill! Now you're a law!}
{Oh yes!}


Gib

 

Exactly. Consumer Advocate groups can't compete when they have to go against that kind of money. Charlie
charlieslex
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Where do you thingk they get this money.?
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Trouble is, a lot of people will bitch about laws enacted, but never do anything to stop them.
gib
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Correct
That's why there are all these problems discussed here on this board.
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What do we need to do to get a something done about this problem?
to wake up to what the companies are doing to the consumers.
Sue59
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As I've stated before`stop supporting the compaines with our money.
That will get their attention quick and it won't matter about the politicians.
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