I guess we don't matter!
Interesting choice of words.
Of course you matter, but in the wrong way. They need to have you work harder and longer to provide them with the money they need to give away that they have no right to do in the first place.
THINK ABOUT THIS REAL HARD before you blow this off, even better the next time you are pumping a hundred dollars into your gas tank.
Now you will say that you never talk about politics, but this is not about politics it is about the most precious thing you have, your time/labor that is being stolen from you.
The land that we are being told we cannot drill on is owned by YOU. You are the government, YOU own that land. The people that are in the congress serve YOU not the other way around and only YOU can do something about it. Take the time to find a copy of the Constitution and read it, you are on line anyway so search for it and download it. It is VERY specific about the role of government and it responsibilities. Send an email, make a phone call to your Congressman, Senator and the President it only takes a minute of your time compared to the all the time it takes to pay for these ridiculous bills that are being passed.
Talk with your friends and neighbors and explain it to them. Again this about YOU, not politics. You are going to turn over almost one TRILLION dollars and not one penny of that money is going to help one single American, but at the same time your Social Security and Medicare is going into bankrupcy.
Think about it, then do something about it. Everything gets started by one, if not YOU will wake up in the near future and wonder where your freedom has gone, and once gone it is very difficult to get it back.