The Emperor Augustus put a tax on unmarried men and another on childless married couples. That is not the only historical precedent.
Vote wisely.
I got one of those viral emails. It could be a hoax, but I take it as a caution and a lesson.
By the way, I was going with "all the above" but that wasn't a choice.
--W.M.
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The following is incredible! I didn't get one correct answer. Prepare for a shock at the answer and prepare yourself for the next election !! Six trivia questions to see how much history you really know.
Be honest, it's kind of fun and revealing. If you don't know the answers make your best guess. Answer all of the questions (no cheating) before looking at the answers.
And, no, the answers to these questions aren't all "Barack Obama". Who said it?
1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government
of the few, by the few, and for the few...... And to replace it with
shared responsibility, for shared prosperity."
A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
3) "(We).....can't just let business as usual go on, and that
means something has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushchev
B. Joseph Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires
people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create
this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Tung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong II
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has
become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they
are being watched."
A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
...........Scroll down for answersand the answers are ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(1) E. None of the above.
Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004
(2) E. None of the above.
Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007
(3) E. None of the above.
Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(4) E. None of the above.
Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(5 ) E None of the above.
Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(6). E. None of the above.
Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005
