Please think about this question: Do you think that the government should make sure that every American can afford health care?
  1. In the box below at left, please type all of your own important values, beliefs or ideas that are relevant to your answer.
    Please type each separate value, belief or idea on a line of its own; each can be as long or as short as you wish.
    To make sure your list is complete, please ask yourself for each item whether there is a reason behind it, and if that reason is missing, add it to the list.
    When you are done, hit "submit changes," and your ideas will appear as nodes below.

  2. Now ask yourself whether any of these values, beliefs or ideas are connected to, support, or provide a reason for any other value, belief or idea.
    For those that are connected, create a link between two nodes by double-clicking first one node and then another.
    When you are done, click "submit changes," and the figure below will be updated.

  3. Think about any additional values, beliefs or ideas you may have omitted, or connections between them, and add those.
    You can also edit an existing idea by double-clicking on an existing node and editing in the box below right, or delete links by double-clicking on two nodes just as you would create a new link.
    Please continue this process until you feel the network you have created is a complete representation of your values, beliefs, and ideas on this topic.
Add new ideas

Add new ideas in the box above, each separated
with a carriage return.
Edit an idea or add links between them

Double-click a pairs of nodes below to create links,
or to delete existing links. Double click a single node to edit it.