Vote informed

To the editor:

The time is drawing near for all registered Americans to step up to the voting booths or vote by mail or absentee ballot.

We are making a very important decision on how the next four years are going to be governed. The wrong decision could mean the destruction of what we have always known to be our democracy, guided by the Constitution.

Will we be taken back 50 years, or will we move forward with improved equality for all?

We have two candidates who are totally different, and we need to watch and listen carefully to their policies and how they will affect us.

When you listen to their promises, threats and policies, pay attention. Does their rhetoric use the pronouns I, me, we, or you. The ones who include the American people — we or you — are the ones who will be looking out for our rights and needs not just themselves personally.

The only entity that should be revered and worshipped is our maker. We do not currently have the second coming of Christ. We have two human beings with agendas whether thye be for the good of the people or self-serving.

Our country is in such turmoil with hate, racism, violence, and the threat of extreme violence that we really need to listen and watch what these two candidates say and do in the next few weeks.

Watch with your own ears and eyes. Look at what their past performances have produced. Were the jobs they took on or were tasked with accomplished with good intensions or to satisfaction? If not, what were the causes of their failure?

Did they fail, or did the actions of the other candidate prevent success?

Baggage previous administrations left needed to be cleaned up? Were things accomplished for the good of the people, or did situations get worse?

I personally believe we have been on the road to recovery. I understand that high prices create make it not feel like that. It is more expensive to eat, breathe and live. COVID did an injustice. It was not addressed early enough, control “greedflation” escalated.

We will never get back to prices before COVID, but at least inflation it is leveling off with smaller increases.

There still is time to register to vote. In Kansas, you have until 5 p.m. Oct. 15. If you will be 18 before Election Day, you can register now.

Connie McMahan
north of Tampa