45.87%	Yes
54.12%	No

Comment: Why have people that earned their millions pay for something else. They already have the highest taxes. from Springvale, ME by Greg

Comment: It starts with the rich but always ends up being a tax on the middle class. Never trust someone who is going to raise some one else's taxes. That someone will be you. from Exeter by John

Comment: This a Ridiculas notion that we can just take away a persons hard earned money to supplement yet another all encompassing government program. 70 years down the road is this going to become another mess like social security that no one will have the guts to deal with? from Standish by Donald

Comment: This country has been working on health care reform since 1946 -- it is high time that we join the rest of the civilized world and guarantee coverage for all Americans. We spend more than any industrial nation and we get less. It is a no brainer. from Bowdoin Maine by Bill

Comment: president obahma is delivering only lip service to ths country. he makes bush look good!! from waterboro, me by dave

Comment: And further more it should not be altered from the original graduated scale starting at 280K a year. from New Gloucester ME by ian

Comment: President Obama is the best spoken and well- informed president of our generation. He speaks, knows and understands more the needs of the average American more so than any President since JFK. His healthcare reform is smart, well thought out and comprehensive. from Gorham by Gregory

Comment: maybe he should focus more on the tort reform... from Winthrop by Shanna

Comment: Jobs will be lost and business and wealthy people will just move offshore. from So. Ptld, ME by Kandi-Lee

Comment: Absolutely not. Why should any person pay for the health care of another. You are taxing the "wealthy" every time you need money. They have worked hard for what they have and already taxed way too much.... We can alter the current health care plan to fix it without spending trillions to start something new that won't work. Besides all we hear are lies.... from Gorham, Maine by Shirley & Bob

Comment: They get reach over the back of the poor. Let them give back! from lyman by naamah

Comment: The millionaires got their money from exploiting and overcharging the middle class and poor. PAYBACK TIME! from Augusta by Ann

Comment: My sympathies lay with those who have no health insurance and not with millionaires and the rich who are whining about paying more taxes. We need health care reform now. from York Maine by Paul

Comment: Absolutely! Why shouldn't they? from Saco maine by Cheryl

Comment: does Obama think that he is Robin Hood? from Augusta me by Merle

Comment: Government can't run anything, look at the Postal Office problem. Older people will be left out in the end. from Lewiston, ME by Don

Comment: When and how did we become a nation of irresponsible midgets who expect someone else to support us? from westbrook by Robert

Comment: Most definitely..its because of the rich that the middle class has lost jobs and their health care as well..I'm saying this with first hand experience!!! from Southern Maine by Louis

Comment: no obama isnt even a natural citasin and i cant suport him he just want to bankrupt the usa he is just a puppet for the rich from portland by joe

Comment: ABSOLUTELY NOT! from Westbrook by Vickie

Comment: We need to fix the health care system in this country but it shouldn't be on the backs of those who have worked hard to achieve success. from woolwich, Me by Robin

Comment: He is in a hurry and needs to slow down. Goverment spending is one of the reasons we where in trouble BEFORE he was elected. Cutting taxes helps. Not raising them. VP Nobleboro from nobleboro Me by victor

Comment: No I don't support it. People making over a million dollars a year already pay too much tax as it is and to make it fair those making that much money should actually receive a tax cut. Those making less than $100,000 a year should receive a tax increase, with that concentrated on wage earners making $50,000 a year or less. from Bath by Thomas

Comment: GET RID OF INCOME TAXES, flat tax everyone working and every business for each dollar earned. No taxes, Fed / State / Local / City at all for fully retired / SS, or unemployed! from Maine by K

Comment: It didn't work, in Maine, Mass., France, Spain, England, Canada... 1st time shame on you. 2nd time shame on me. No to Universal Health Plan Yes to Health Care Reform. JD Kittery from KITTERY by J

Comment: Obama must acknowledge the economic reality reported by the Congressiona Budget Office or othe new healthcare plan will be rotten inside. from Cape Elizabeth/Maine by Charles

Comment: Healthcare is not a right. It is a privilege. I, just as U.S, millionaires, have no responsibility whatsoever to pay for someone else's heatlhcare. We can voluntarily help the truly needy, but not be mandated to do so by government. That is "grand theft - obamo". from Turner, Maine by Bill