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Quiz your politics

As we approach the primary Tuesday, presidential contenders are using the words “change,” “hope,” “experience” and “straight talk” as if they were manna from heaven.

Change toward what? Hope for what? Experience at what? Straight talk about what? There seems to be limited talk on freedom, prosperity and peace. 

The political arena is fairly evenly divided between Republicans, Democrats and independents. Unfortunately, most independents think their only option is to vote for one of the two major parties. One reason is the major parties have deliberately made it difficult for minor parties to exist.

 The following quiz should help you decide where you fit on the political scale.

• Patterson resident Earl Hiatt is a semi-retired agri-businessman whose major interests are nutrition, economics and religion. His columns appear occasionally on the Irrigator Voice page. His  e-mail is ehent@hughes.net