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<p>[QUOTE="CohibaCris, post: 8816, member: 904"]I know you aren't - this is good debate. Healthy debate is what founded this country.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I completely agree with you. 75% is complete apathy, not to mention a tremendous statistical problem to overcome. I guess it comes down to a question of cycles. Most Americans don't care about their coinage because it is just something they throw into vending machines and get too much of stuffed into a mason jar on their dresser.</p><p><br /></p><p>You and I, on the other hand, do care. But it is still about cycles. For an all out assualt on the Congressional representives it would take thousands of man-hours, tens of thousands of dollars and effort - tremendous effort. And all of this takes one person with the passion to act for all. Committees pass bad laws, or ineffective ones which in my opinion is the same bloody thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the question is - how can we enstill passion for coinage in the average American so as to get a major voice for our ideas? I think that is the root cause of the issue; a complete lack of passion by most.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are singing off the same sheet of music - just different parts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CohibaCris, post: 8816, member: 904"]I know you aren't - this is good debate. Healthy debate is what founded this country. And I completely agree with you. 75% is complete apathy, not to mention a tremendous statistical problem to overcome. I guess it comes down to a question of cycles. Most Americans don't care about their coinage because it is just something they throw into vending machines and get too much of stuffed into a mason jar on their dresser. You and I, on the other hand, do care. But it is still about cycles. For an all out assualt on the Congressional representives it would take thousands of man-hours, tens of thousands of dollars and effort - tremendous effort. And all of this takes one person with the passion to act for all. Committees pass bad laws, or ineffective ones which in my opinion is the same bloody thing. So the question is - how can we enstill passion for coinage in the average American so as to get a major voice for our ideas? I think that is the root cause of the issue; a complete lack of passion by most. We are singing off the same sheet of music - just different parts.[/QUOTE]
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