1044: Romney Quiz

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This is comic number 1044. It was posted on April 18,2012. [1]

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Image text: Charlie actually delivered the Medicare line almost verbatim in the 1971 movie's Fizzy Lifting Drink scene, but it was ultimately cut from the final release.

So, Mitt Romney is the Republican candidate for President of the United States and as it says above, the former Governor of Massachusetts. Charlie Bucket is the main character of the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".

The absurdity and joke here is that each different quote is very not very similar and easy to tell apart.

In 1965, Congress created Medicare under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide health insurance to people age 65 and older, regardless of income or medical history. So, the quote being used in a movie in 1971 (which is obviously not true) is still feasible.