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Short Quiz:

COMMUNISM IS CREEPING IN ONE STEP AT A TIME, EXACTLY AS PLANNED.

Six trivia questions to see how much history you know. Be honest, it's
kinda fun and revealing. If you don't know the answer make your best
guess. Answer all the questions (no cheating) before looking at the
answers..
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. 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. 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. Josef Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. 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 Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above

5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."

A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. 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. None of the above

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Answers
(1)
D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
6/29/2004
(2)
D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
5/29/2007
(3)
D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
6/4/2007
(4)
D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
6/4/2007
(5)
D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
6/4/2007
(6)
D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
9/2/2005
Wanna know something scary? She may be the next socialist
president if you don't forward this to everyone that you
know.

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Short Quiz:

COMMUNISM IS CREEPING IN ONE STEP AT A TIME, EXACTLY AS
PLANNED.


I don't know about communism but socialism sure is. here are a few
highlights from the socialists' platform from 100 years ago...
___________________

Socialists in 1912 had a strong platform upon which to base a campaign.

Here are some of the highlights from the Socialist Party Convention that
took place in Indianapolis-

Tax Reform-The adoption of a graduated income tax, the increase of the rates
of the present corporation tax and the extension of inheritance taxes..

(Of course, an income tax won't affect YOU, just a few of the rich)

Minimum Wage-By establishing minimum wage scales.

(That did a lot of good, didn't it? An end to poverty...)

Direct Election of President-The Election of the President and
Vice-President by direct vote of the people.

Social Insurance- ..a general system of insurance by the State of all its
members against unemployment and invalidism and a system of compulsory
insurance of their workers, without cost to the latter, against industrial
diseases, accidents and death.

(Hell, why limit it to "industrial"?)

Also in the platform was woman's suffrage, public ownership of utilities and
a shortened work day.

Much of this came to pass. Other aspects of this platform may still someday
be enacted.*
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* probably and unfortunately

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On 12/24/2013 10:58 AM, dadiOH wrote:
I don't know about communism but socialism sure is. here are a few
highlights from the socialists' platform from 100 years ago...
___________________

Socialists in 1912 had a strong platform upon which to base a campaign.

Here are some of the highlights from the Socialist Party Convention that
took place in Indianapolis-

Tax Reform-The adoption of a graduated income tax, the increase of the rates
of the present corporation tax and the extension of inheritance taxes..

(Of course, an income tax won't affect YOU, just a few of the rich)

Minimum Wage-By establishing minimum wage scales.

(That did a lot of good, didn't it? An end to poverty...)

Direct Election of President-The Election of the President and
Vice-President by direct vote of the people.

Social Insurance- ..a general system of insurance by the State of all its
members against unemployment and invalidism and a system of compulsory
insurance of their workers, without cost to the latter, against industrial
diseases, accidents and death.

(Hell, why limit it to "industrial"?)

Also in the platform was woman's suffrage, public ownership of utilities and
a shortened work day.

Much of this came to pass. Other aspects of this platform may still someday
be enacted.*
________________

* probably and unfortunately


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