To the editor:

Several questions keep coming up in my mind. The first is: Is the presidential election being bought? The media repeatedly reports the amount of money a candidate has raised. This brings up the next question: Who is putting up the money? Logically, the next question is what do these individuals or groups want? Millions are raised, and we hear the rich are the ones to benefit by one party or the other. It would seem that both parties have wealth.

Another troubling question is why are some candidates seeking money from foreign sources? What is in it for them? Many foreign countries would like to see the destruction of our Constitution. There are those that have tried to imitate it but failed. France, for one. They have made several attempts. Receiving money from foreign sources seems an attempt to cause problems with our way of governing.

Why not stick to the issues and try to solve them according to the needs of the people? Present all the sides of an issue and not just one side. A bill, for example, will have an issue, but attached to it is an issue that would not pass unless it was attached to a favorable issue.

Let’s have candidates that will work for their constituents.

Margie Hinkle,

Lawrence