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A New Democracy. Huey Long proposed a Share Our Wealth plan during the Great Depression to provide a decent standard of living to all Americans by spreading the nation's wealth among the people. Huey Long believed the nation's economic woes were the result of 95% of the wealth being held by only 15% of the population.
- Senator
By the summer of 1935, Huey’s Share Our Wealth clubs had 7.5...
- Roads
Huey Long launched a major road-building program that laid...
- Education
Huey Long championed the idea that education is every...
- Healthcare
Mr. Long began seriously improving LSU in Baton Rouge in...
- Bridges
Bridges were an important part of Huey Long’s massive...
- National Radio Address
Huey Long's Share Our Wealth Speech. In a national radio...
- Senator
Share Our Wealth was a movement that began in February 1934, during the Great Depression, by Huey Long, a governor and later United States Senator from Louisiana. Long first proposed the plan in a national radio address, which is now referred to as the "Share Our Wealth Speech".
In 1934 Long organized his own, alternative political organization, the Share-Our-Wealth Society, through which he advocated a populist program for redistributing wealth through sharply graduated income and inheritance taxes.
Sep 15, 2017 · His “Share the Wealth” plan proposed that no one would make more than a million a year. (Historians note that at the time there were only about 50 or so wage earners at that level). He promised a $30 retiree monthly pension, free college education, bonuses for veterans, and a 30-hour work week to increase employment.
[Governor of Louisiana and then U.S. Senator, Long used his extensive power to control state politics, implement wide-ranging state reform programs, and attract millions of Americans to the Share Our Wealth Society.]
Nov 9, 2009 · In the Senate, Long addressed the Great Depression by advocating for a series of reforms known as Share Our Wealth, a plan to redistribute wealth and capping personal income at $50...
