Why do we hear more from politicians about problems with regulation/taxes, and not with consumer demand?

[orlondo100]

Why does it feel like both sides (liberal and conservative) overlook this 70% of our economy? The problem seems to always be described in terms of job creation, businesses and investors, and how the government affects them through regulation and taxation. Why is the other end of the equation, consumer demand, never a part of the discussion? Executive policy definitely affects it.

Fewer people buying cars, TV's, eating at restaurants... we can make it as easy as we want for companies to create jobs, but if nobody's buying, they still aren't going to expand. Now I make no judgement call about the effect of government intervention here, but why do we never hear politicians describe what they are going to do about the fact that consumer indices are still in the negative and far below pre-recession levels? Especially in the presidential race? Or am I just not listening at the right times?