-Because so much of society is regressive as it is. Considering that the guys who live around me who are stock brokers pay 28% capital gains tax for trading day

-Because so much of society is regressive as it is. Considering that the guys who live around me who are stock brokers pay 28% capital gains tax for trading day in and day out rather than the 36% income tax that I have to pay, and they have to pay less for SS and Medicare as is than their secretaries. -I have no fear of losing the 2nd amendment rights, after the supreme court ruling this year, and the NRA strength every year, it just isn't going to happen. This is FUD and even Obama himself hasn't said that in MONTHS. -Does it seem like a bad idea? To me healthcare isn't a cost that is to be minimized, it is a beneifit to be maximized. That is really the difference between the two plans. Obama thinks everyone should have healthcare, McCain thinks we should spend less. Problem is, under McCain total cost of healthcare spending would be less, but per individual it would be higher. And I really don't understand why anyone is allowed to NOT have insurance in this country. A lot of 20 y/o healthy adults have no insurance to avoid paying the premium. Fine, but when you are 50 they can get coverage? You not only have to spread the risk out among the people, but along their entire life. I'm not allowed to take car insurance out for only the rainy days, why are you allowed to take out health care insurance when you pick and choose, and the familes who plug along year after year with it get stuck with a higher bill each month? -The state of alaska didn't buy that land from canada, the United States federal government did and gave it to alaska. Yet the state gets to charge a tax that raises the price for fuel for the rest of us. It was the lower 48's money that bought the oil, and it is the lower 48's money that is subsidizing the state today.