What is the MOST important issue to you as a liberal?

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32. That's a vague response. That's in the Republican platform, for example, and it's also a concern

for Democrats and Independents. But it means very different things to different people.

An insurance mandate? Doesn't impinge on individual freedom. It merely makes people buy something they are already using and expecting others to pay. If you're poor, the govt will take others' money and pay for part of it for you. A pretty good deal. And that means the care will be less expensive for all, since you'll be able to go to drs and not have to go to E.R. and fast clinic places that have higher rates. And you'll be getting sick less, with annual preventive care.

Auto insurance? That's so obvious that it doesn't impinge on freedom that it's not worth discussing.

Income taxes? You want roads to drive on, lights to see by, someone to answer to the phone when you call a govt agency, a post office, health care when you're old. All those things cost money.

And so on. We live in a free society. You come and go, however you want. You choose what to do for a living, what kind of car to drive, what city to live in, what friends to have.