Stephanie has 30+ answers in. English Grammar. The choice between a and an is governed not by whether the next written letter is a consonant or vowel but by whether the next word begins with the sound of a vowel or consonant. Unique begins with a y sound, hence a unique is correct.
And now, the history lesson: 1  Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. He promised that participation in the Program would be completely voluntary. 2  Roosevelt promised that the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual incomes into the Program.
So, sometime between the 1860s and 1936, the (Democratic) party of small government became the party of big government, and the (Republican) party of big government became rhetorically committed to curbing federal power.