Re: "Romney in 2016" [Letter, Village News, 10/03/2014]

In response to Romney in 2016, and as a member of Romney’s defined 47 percent, his candidacy is what we do not need, e.g., more plant closures for profit (Bain Capital) and outsourcing, and disdain for middle- and lower-class Americans.

In the last election, the American public already made the wise decision to not elect Romney.

Integrity and ethics you say? President Obama has been open about his feelings, beliefs, and values; that is integrity and ethics. He is transparent about his operating, humanistic, and intellectual philosophy, which includes understanding people, things, and the world.

Backbone? The President has pragmatically stood up to a Congress that committed to making him a one-term president before he even got started.

Let’s support a person in 2016 that upholds the Affordable Care Act, raising the minimum wage, equal pay for equal work, improving the nation’s infrastructure, immigration reform, addresses climate change, etc. all of which has been started or completed by our existing President.

These issues affect all of us; we are all in this together. Support Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Is that your hand reaching out to government? Please don’t accept your Social Security or Medicare. Are you awake?

Sten and Beverly Thordarson