The most important issue facing voters in this election is the rise of radical socialism. Sadly, the Democratic party that once represented the best interests of hard-working Americans is now held hostage by a socialist agenda.

Radical socialists would have us defund the police. How would such an unthinkable blunder not lead to monumental chaos?

Do they really believe that a government-controlled college education would be worth having, even if it’s free?

Would destroying thousands of jobs, by banning fossil fuels without a workable alternative for heating our homes and fueling the economy make any sense?

Telling us that we are the victims of some “systemic” injustice and that we must rely on socialism to rescue us is a falsehood. History proves that socialism has never set anyone free from racism, poverty, injustice, disease or environmental plundering… and it never will.

Such propaganda only serves to discourage individual achievement and collective progress. Worse yet, it incites hoodlums and anarchists to burn neighborhoods, destroy businesses, loot shops and take innocent lives.

Voters who want to assure prosperity for future generations should vote against the false promises of radical socialism.

Bob Rhoads

Marietta