Here's what really separates candidates

When voting for U.S. Congress, for better or worse, the decisions have become very simple. Unless you are convinced one of the candidates is guilty of felonious behavior, in which case you should contact the police with your convincing evidence, the decision comes down to this.

If you believe the country has been heading in the right direction for 28 years beginning 1981, that tax breaks given to corporations and the very wealthy are spent on creating jobs in this country and help everyone, that corporations are persons entitled to full constitutional protections, that GAAT and NAFTA are good things, that government is basically evil and should be minimized and health care and retirement income is best left to corporations to handle you should vote for the Republican.

If you don't believe the above, but rather Social Security is basically good, that people who became very wealthy under our system should be required to pay a little extra to support that system, that it's OK for the government to offer rewards for businesses that keep all jobs in the U.S., no one should be forced into poverty because they get sick, that incorporation is a special business privilege and it is not unreasonable to require them to give up some rights that individuals enjoy in return and they should serve all of us not just their stockholders, and it would be nice to return to the pre-1980s when each generation was better off than the preceding you should vote Democratic.

Whether you like one person better than the other or think them more competent is of very small consequence compared to the above.

Bob Lambert

Lake in the Hills