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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan
Good to see someone ask rather than assume. As you rightly point out, the assumption is made that because I oppose many of Obama's policies, that I must think that a McCain administration would handle it well. While I will likely vote for McCain based on my belief that he'd be a better foreign policy president and the fact that I prefer his tax cut across all levels, I think some of his economic policies are outrageous. Top of my list is health insurance. McCain's plan is a great way to screw up a health care system that's already plenty screwed up. I also heavily disagree with the mortgage buyout that he's proposing for bad loans.
My guess is that most voters likely won't have to worry about it anyway. Considering the current financial situation, I doubt that either candidate will be able to make any substantial health care changes and McCain's mortgage buyout doesn't have a chance in hell of passing.
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At least you don't support taxing health benefits.
Thanks for the answer. I think everyone on here gets foggy on the fact that supporting one candidate over another does not mean that you support them on every issue. I would say this board (and, if the rest of America thought about it, I think it would be very widespread) is largely in the "we need more parties" camp. I would actually say I am more in a Libertarian camp, but social issues are more important to me than fiscal issues, thus I lean Democrat. Most people I know that feel they follow Libertarian values are more concerned with fiscal issues than they are social issues, so they lean Republican.
Give me a party that supports staying out of social issues (legalize marijuana, allow same sex marriages, allow stem cell research, etc) and a minimal (but not extinct) federal/local government to handle infrastructure and MINOR social programs (unemployment, for instance) and I would be very happy.