In hard economic times, people look for enjoyable distractions.  A game-like tactic should be deployed through a handheld card chart wheel, or an app for cells and computers.  Street promoter volunteers from legislative offices would approach people and ask, "Are you Rich Enough for a Republican Budget Cut?"

Input your income and then determine how the Republican shutdown would affect you and your communities through pop up graphs that adjust for needed services and jobs against the GOP budget. 

Facts would reveal how feasible the plan is in comparison with the President's budget proposal.

The conflict over the President's 2012 fiscal budget is as prominent in the minds of citizens as the background noise of any mid-term election.  Even the 16 million unemployed people in the US are un-engaged as they search for jobs.

Those that are employed are deeply involved in basic activities of maintaining their quality of life.  The aftermath of the Bush Administration left people stressed out and even traumatized by the horrors of unnecessary wars, the embarrassingly poor responses to national emergencies and the dark days on Wall Street. 

The truth hurts, but it's time to re-engage over the budget proposals.