To the editor:

When a nation is populated by people who believe that the politician with the simple answers to complex questions is to be revered and applauded, that nation is in trouble.

When a nation is populated by people who vote against their own self-interest, that nation will sink into a quicksand of ignorant oblivion.

Every choice we make this election year from our congresspersons to our senators to our president could determine the future and survival of this great nation. I sincerely believe we are at that crossroads. We can no longer allow ourselves to be controlled by the conservative lords and ladies who perceive government to be the feeder system to their wealth. Now is the time to take our country back.

E. Kent Hayes,
Lawrence