If you’re one of the people who have lost a job, house or savings since 2007, before you vote, please think about who was in charge of making policy when we fell into this deep, dark hole.

No politician of any party has offered an easy way out and all agree it will be a long, hard climb, but please, while you’re standing in the voting booth in November, think about how much worse things could get if we decide to go backwards.

If we’ve learned nothing else in the last 10 years, hopefully we’ve learned that it does matter that you vote and it matters who you vote for.

Janet Jenkins, Ironton