Two issues that are really important for me deal with gay rights and medical care. I think that no matter what sexual orientation you are, be it heterosexual or homosexual, you should have the right to live your life and love who you would. This is an inalienable right and that is final, not to mention its really no business of anyone else to tell you otherwise.

    Therefore, if you decide to marry someone, you shouldn't have to fight for that right. It does not matter if your marrying a man or a woman, it just matters that you are happy. All of the don't ask, don't tell and the divorces will go up stuff is bull. You shouldn't have to keep your sexuality a secret, and if you want to point a finger a divorces, maybe we should take a closer look at heterosexual couples instead.

    With the cold war in full swing, any talk that sounded even vaguely communist had you labeled instantly by your friends and neighbors as a Russian pinko commie, a serious accusation by any standards, only exacerbated by the flared tempers and the thousands of nuclear warheads pointed right at the U.S.

    Now, however, there is no such threat, no cold war, and maybe only a few hundred warheads pointed at us. So why, still, are people shocked and scared by the idea of socialism, i mean its not even really Communism. So why should fully socialized health care be so bad? The people we will help by reducing the cost of health care is great, but the number we could help by making health care universal is HUGE. According to KQED

"In 2006, the number of Americans without health insurance coverage rose to 47 million — up from 39.9 million just eight years ago. This includes 9 million children under the age of 19 and 12.6 million women of childbearing age."

    I understand that nothing in this world is free, but with some finance reorganization and cutbacks in other areas of the budget, we could provide heath care the likes of which is well known in Europe and Canada, to the people of the United States.

    The other part of this plan is taxes, no one likes them, but they are necessary. The key to this is making them not seems so horrible, make the cause recognizable. Then, refine who you tax. We'll say the top 15 percent get more taxes, the bottom 30 get less, and the middle falls, well in the middle. The fact is, according to KQED once again, universal heath care could actually be more cost effective then the current system. "In 1999, according to a report published by the Massachusetts Medical Society, administration costs in the United States totaled at least 294.3 billion — $1,059 per capita — compared with $307 per capita in Canada."

   The truth is, when the facts are known and when the taxpayer money is no longer going over seas and the differences that it makes can be seen, I don't think that people will have such a huge problem with it. I really think that this, plus cutting back on spending that isn't 100 percent crucial, could really get us somewhere.

    My only incentive to you is to think of all of those people out there who, even with the cost of health insurance drastically reduced, still wouldn't be able to afford it for themselves and their families. I know you will make the right decisions for our country Mr. President, that's why we picked you.