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.
FDRâs Pep-Talk to Congress, January 17, 1935. Below is a speech given January 17, 1935 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Congress on the issue of advocating a proposed new program he called âSocial Securityâ.This speech resulted in the eventual passage of the Social Security Act of 1935 on August 14, 1935:lmost everyone, FDR critics as well as admirers, agree that Social Security was a watershed event in our history. FDR said of the legislation that, if it was the only bill passed in the 1935-36 congressional session, Congress would have accomplished a lot.