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.
Republican Views on Social Security. The Republican Party gets a lot of criticism over the issue of Social Security. Many will state that Republicans are against Social Security as a whole. This is untrue. Republicans are against Social Security in the form that it currently exists. While Social Security does represent ideas, such as government spending and redistribution of wealth, which the Party is generally against, very few Republicans will argue that Social Security should be done away with.