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When I was younger and working in my career 40+ hours a week, helping my wife raise our kids, keeping up with their activities and maintaining our home, I was not interested in politics, nor did I have the time for it. I voted but that was about the extent of following politics.

So to answer your question about Joe Average Citizen, I suspect that many of them do not even know that this mess is going on in Washington.

How could that be you ask? Because many people just aren't into following the machinations of the nation's political class. They're grinding out their daily lives doing what they can to survive and get ahead.

My sister is a good example. She's into her yarning and crocheting, watching NASCAR, football and tending to her yard and menagerie of dogs and cats. When I ask her about all of this political turmoil in DC, her eyes glaze over and she reverts back to talking about her hobbies and pastimes.

Joe Average Citizen doesn't have a clue because most just aren't interested.