Uncle Sam to Little Folk: "Get Lost"

Listening to Judy Gross, the wife of an internationally imprisoned government contractor (Alan Gross), on MSNBC, speak about a government department or agency ignoring her communication is par for the course for sleazy bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., regional federal offices, and American embassies around the world sitting at their desks, swollen with opulence, drinking coffee and lolling away time on nice salaries at least a third or more bigger than those of average Americans.  I also had this experience, writing to our embassy in Ukraine a few years ago (through both their Kiev and Washington, D.C. addresses) and getting absolutely no response whatsoever.  Same thing with the office of the U.S. Attorney of Western Washington (Jenny Durkan) -- absolutely no consideration for the concerns that I expressed to them in 2010, nor any reply. 

Regarding the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, I should have complained to their bosses at the State Department, but I had a lot going on at the time and unfortunately didn't follow up.  Not that their bosses would have necessarily done anything except the exact same thing that they, themselves, did.  All of this snubbing of average citizens is not unusual for big shots in Washington, D.C., embassies and federal offices at large who think they are too important to respond to the little folk back in the states that pay their salaries.  Of course, the little congresspersons and senators like Adam Smith who are supposed to follow up on governmental laziness and disregard for citizen queries are not much better.  It's like asking insolent and aloof cats to be as obedient as dogs.  However, if I am elected, ensuring that the government responds to all rational queries by citizens will be my first priority.

-- Mark Greene, Candidate for U.S. Congress, 9th District of Washington

[Originally posted on Commoner on Dec. 5, 2013.]

 

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