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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 8812, member: 112"]Are you also aware that just over a year ago ( amazingly enough about 3 months after I started this campaign ) the GAO did a nationwide survey on just this subject - coinage redesign. And do you know what the most common answer provided was ? " I don't care ". </p><p><br /></p><p>Care to guess what the percentage was for this response ? Try 75% - that to me indicates one thing - apathy.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am not trying to belittle your ideas - I applaud you for them. You are correct on many points. But don't think for one minute that you can do nothing. <b>That</b> is the single biggest mistake that the citizens of this country repeatedly make. You CAN DO something - if you make your voice heard. I agree completely that your voice alone will not do it. But if your voice is not heard - and others like you do not make their voices heard - then nothing will happen. But if you do - and others do as well - it will happen. It will have an effect. And for every person that summons up the courage to make their voice heard - another will do the same. And then another - and another - and another............</p><p><br /></p><p>That was how this country came to be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 8812, member: 112"]Are you also aware that just over a year ago ( amazingly enough about 3 months after I started this campaign ) the GAO did a nationwide survey on just this subject - coinage redesign. And do you know what the most common answer provided was ? " I don't care ". Care to guess what the percentage was for this response ? Try 75% - that to me indicates one thing - apathy. I am not trying to belittle your ideas - I applaud you for them. You are correct on many points. But don't think for one minute that you can do nothing. [B]That[/B] is the single biggest mistake that the citizens of this country repeatedly make. You CAN DO something - if you make your voice heard. I agree completely that your voice alone will not do it. But if your voice is not heard - and others like you do not make their voices heard - then nothing will happen. But if you do - and others do as well - it will happen. It will have an effect. And for every person that summons up the courage to make their voice heard - another will do the same. And then another - and another - and another............ That was how this country came to be.[/QUOTE]
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