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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1040295, member: 112"]I posted that for you so that you could see what I had done and hopefully give you ideas for what you can do. But understand, what you see there was only the beginning. All that any of that ever really did was to get the people's attention and get the idea in the news.</p><p><br /></p><p>But when it comes to getting something done in Congress it requires one on one contact. You have to get a Congressman to agree to introduce a bill and then get other Congressmen to agree to co-sponsor the bill; and do the same thing in the Senate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now let's assume that you manage to pull that much off. Next comes the real obstacle. For once bills become law then comes the design process and this is the downfall. For then artistic license comes into play and we end up with coins like those we have now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps a simple way to express what I am trying to explain is to ask members here what kind of designs they would prefer for our coins. It's been done before many times actually. And every time what you end up with is a hodgepodge of ideas with no particular consensus. The reason for this is pretty easy to understand I think, for it's like it is with art, or food, or fashion, anything along those lines. The outcome is determined by individual taste. It's what I call the chocolate and vanilla syndrome.</p><p><br /></p><p>So yes, it is possible to get the govt. to listen and to follow your ideas. But almost without exception what you end up with is something that you don't like. So like I said - be careful what you ask for because you just might get it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1040295, member: 112"]I posted that for you so that you could see what I had done and hopefully give you ideas for what you can do. But understand, what you see there was only the beginning. All that any of that ever really did was to get the people's attention and get the idea in the news. But when it comes to getting something done in Congress it requires one on one contact. You have to get a Congressman to agree to introduce a bill and then get other Congressmen to agree to co-sponsor the bill; and do the same thing in the Senate. Now let's assume that you manage to pull that much off. Next comes the real obstacle. For once bills become law then comes the design process and this is the downfall. For then artistic license comes into play and we end up with coins like those we have now. Perhaps a simple way to express what I am trying to explain is to ask members here what kind of designs they would prefer for our coins. It's been done before many times actually. And every time what you end up with is a hodgepodge of ideas with no particular consensus. The reason for this is pretty easy to understand I think, for it's like it is with art, or food, or fashion, anything along those lines. The outcome is determined by individual taste. It's what I call the chocolate and vanilla syndrome. So yes, it is possible to get the govt. to listen and to follow your ideas. But almost without exception what you end up with is something that you don't like. So like I said - be careful what you ask for because you just might get it.[/QUOTE]
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