Let Them Eat Cake

I never knew where this phrase came from until today. Okay, honestly, without peeking how many of you know??? No peeking! I'm going to feel really dumb if you all know this. Jesse doesn't count, and it's possible that Tammie doesn't either.

Marie Antoinette said it when she was told that the poor in France had no bread to eat. Stupidly she thought they had just run out of bread and could pick something else out of their pantry! She had no idea they were literally taxing the people to death while they were living in the lap of luxury. I guess she figured it out later when her head hit the guillotine!