Dear John: We bought an Electrolux washer and dryer.

The Electrolux warranty service guy, on his second visit, basically said, “That’s the way it’s designed … uh … sorry.” He also told us there was nothing he could do, no fix

Suggestions? My wife hates it! A.J.

Dear A.J. It seems to me there is only one solution. Get rid of your wife; keep the machines.

Oh, no! That would be wrong and would probably cost you more in the long run.

Let me try again.

I contacted Electrolux, and the company said your machines have been tested twice and “the appliance is operating as designed and intended. If a consumer believes that their product is not working as expected, we urge them to contact our consumer services group to discuss whether service is necessary.”

In other words, don’t call the media, it’s really annoying to a consumer products firm.

You told me, summarizing Electrolux’s attitude: “Bottom line, Electrolux has more favorable than unfavorable surveys, and the machine is doing what it is designed to do.

“As far as the company is concerned, I should just ignore how it works (or not), ignore the knocking … and oh yeah! Go seek relief from the retailer!

I guess that I have too small a profile on social media. Small Claims Court? Thanks for your time.”

Here’s the thing. The only way I’ll know if the machine is working is if you do my laundry. But that seems a bit excessive.

So I have to take your word that you got a lemon. And all the people reading this will wonder if they buy from Electrolux they’ll end up getting lemoned too.

You ask about Small Claims Court. My only experience with that is in New York City, and it was great.

What you need to know is this little secret: A company must hire lawyers for Small Claims Court, and you don’t. So I wonder how long it will be before Electrolux spends more for a lawyer than to fix your machine and end your gripe.

And if you do go to court over this, remember to ask for a lot of continuances. That lawyer is counting on you to make him rich.

Dear John: Your column about federal spending was right on.

I have been following federal spending, deficits and debt for many decades. Where you and I part is that I believe all this excessive federal spending, deficits and debt is the result of the Federal Reserve.

Central banks finance all this and make big government possible. They finance with their printing press.

Governments love central banks, that’s why they exist. It’s not only our kids and grandkids that will pay. Interest payments fall partly to future generations, but the initial cost is paid by those in the present. H.B.

Dear H.B. I don’t disagree with you.

And certainly during the Great Recession it was the Fed that pumped money like crazy to get the economy going and to appease Wall Street.

That extra money — in the form of the Fed’s Quantitative Easing policies — was only expected to influence interest rates and not leach into the real economy.

But, of course, it did. And with rates very low, Washington could borrow more and more. And it did, which of course led to the current state of our deficit.

Now rates are going up and the government has to refinance at higher rates and without the help of the Fed. So the deficit and debt will rise again.