You make a good point. Everyone feels that their voice should be heard but forget that the government represents a lot of people. If they personally responded t

You make a good point. Everyone feels that their voice should be heard but forget that the government represents a lot of people. If they personally responded to each letter that was received then I'd gamble they'd be doing their job much much worse than they potentially already are. A response from them at all means that someone took enough time to count your statistic for/against such a topic. That's a stronger position then yelling at the TV hoping they'll hear you.