From a personal viewpoint only, in what order of significance do you put these 3 issues?

[mtnsnake]

Poll question: From a personal viewpoint only, in what order of significance do you put these 3 issues?

if the 3 issues are the economy, the environment, and the Iraq War.

Assuming that Obama is going to tackle all three issues wholeheartedly, what is your own personal order of importance of those three issues?

[lostnotforgotten]

Economy And Iraq War Are Somewhat Intertwined

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[Jackpine Radical]

1. The best answer I can come up with is

All 3 simultaneously. They are interlinked and interlocked. The economy has to be dealt with in a way that advances environmental protection. We need to end the war in order to do the other two. They are not either-or propositions.

[mtnsnake]

3. I agree, but I chose the 4th option....environment, Iraq War, economy

I'm more surprised that the 5th and 5th options haven't gotten more play yet.

[rurallib]

2. Health care is where?

1) economy 2) Iraq 3) health care (should be coupled with #1

[mtnsnake]

5. I would have needed more than 10 boxes

but yeah, healthcare is right up there with them all. Sorry about that.

[camera obscura]

4. 1-Iraq War, 2-economy, 3-environment

BUT I agree they're intertwined.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

6. None of the above, we need to destroy all nuclear weapons,

or they WILL destroy us, just a matter of time.

[mtnsnake]

8. Good one

Yup, that's another incredibly important issue we've gotta take care of. I forget who it was the other day (mabye Michael Moore?) who was on TV the other night stressing the importance of that.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

9. I will go further, no country has the right to have, or use them,

they are held over the heads of all the worlds people, ready to make this planet a living hell.

[Uzybone]

7. Depends on where energy policy is.

If its under economy then I'd choose economy, Iraq, environ. If its under environ I'd choose economy, environ, Iraq.

[alwysdrunk]

19. Yeah this is my answer too

All of these are significantly interconnected. But economy on it's own is and should be the first priority. And energy policy should be the second. Far more important right now than the environment on it's own or Iraq on it's own.

[Sebastian Doyle]

10. It's all tied together

We're throwing away billions of dollars every month on a useless war and adding all the extra pollution to the planet as a result.

So it would help both the economy AND the environment to get the fuck out of Iraq.

[Odin2005]

11. #1 Enviroment, #2 Economy, Distant #3 Iraq.

[Odin2005]

12. The number of people with the Enviroment as #3 is pathetic.

[Tribetime]

13. 50 million without health care why is this always ignored

how many people have hardships due to medical bills...if they can even get accepted into a hospital when they're sick.

[Jennicut]

14. Economy needs help, end Iraq War to free more money up at home

and invest in green jobs to help the economy and environment. Its all interrelated, really.

[sohndrsmith]

15. Good Poll. Tough choice. I don't know how to vote other than to say...

If we can't breathe, does the other stuff matter? For me, the primary issue is not the same as the immediate issue, and that is what makes the situation complicated.

We cannot inhabit this planet if we make it uninhabitable. Period. Therefore, I think that is the most serious issue. But I think the economy is the most pressing one - today.

[IndianaGreen]

16. Until you end the war, the economy will continue to bleed.

Besides, ending the slaughter is more important than our 401k.

[LWolf]

17. Other: I don't rank them.

They are all 3 vital pieces to the whole problem, and the whole solution, and I don't rank one higher than another.

They are also not the only vital pieces.

[SmileyRose]

18. Access to medical care / middle class spending power / consumer protection

that for me personally.

Now, as a citizen of the world I do understand my access to medical care will be affected if we pool the world's resources to get medical care to regions of the world with even less than the uninsured in the US bleeding for 10 hrs in the public hospital ER. My spending power is going to change if some of the world's resources are going to be shifted to helping people out of the various hellholes in the world. My spending power will also be affected as we shift to energy produced by other than fossil fuels because in the beginning it will be more expensive dollar wise (and still the right thing to do).

So looking out for number 1, and looking out for the planet are sometimes, but not always, at odds.

[AtomTan]

20. Climate change is going to render all other issues moot.

If we don't do something drastic to try to mitigate climate change, and maybe if we do, we're just fucked, and in our lifetime. Resource wars, a manorial economy (moreso than now).