Huey Long, "Share Our Wealth" Plan

Introduction

Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30th, 1893 - September 10th, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish was a political U.S. state of Louisiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party and is known for its political populists and radicals. He served as governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as senator from this state from 1932 to 1935. Born into a family of landowners of middle class in his youth Long lacked money to finance their studies, so he started working at a young age as a salesman and shopkeeper. After winning some money in small business activities, Long studied law at the University of Oklahoma and then at Tulane University, graduating in 1921. When he began practicing law in Baton Rouge won fame as a defender of poor peasants and workers, forming a network of contacts which later helped him to enter local politics. This paper presents a brief history of Huey Long and discusses his “Share Our Wealth” plan in a holistic context with reference to the media coverage that the Share Our Wealth Plan received.

Discussion and Analysis

Share Our ??Wealth movement was started during the Great Depression by Huey Long, governor and later Senator from Louisiana. In February, 1934, Senator Huey Long announced during a nationwide radio contact that formed the part of our society wealth, devoted to the redistribution of the wealth of the nation. Yearn had originally been a supporter of New Deal policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt , but starting with the training from our society of wealth, began to argue for more radical reforms that Roosevelt was willing to embrace.

The Daily Beast:

As Jonathan Alter explains in his article “Huey Long and Alan Grayson—Separated at Birth”, a brief account of Huey P. Long, and his life as a senator, the author has given a liberal view showing that Long was supported by the Democratic Party, he ran in the primaries of the party to run for governor of Louisiana in 1928, for which used his network of contacts between trade unions and peasant associations to break the monopoly held by old political families wealthy landowners of Louisiana. Long populist promises attracted large masses of poor peasants who had previously failed to participate in elections, and who succeeded in registering as voters Long. Alter discussing the politics played by Long explains that after winning the Louisiana state elections of 1928 with a large majority of votes, Long launched a vast program of public works, using state funds and the federal government and faced opposition from the wealthiest families in the state, while they rapidly lost its political clout and influence over the masses while Huey Long hoarded popularity among impoverished voters. Although accused of populist and authoritarian tactics for accumulating power, Long built the largest number of highways, roads, bridges and similar public works that had previously existed in Louisiana, making the support of most voters (www.thedailybeast.com).

At the same time, Long was facing large enterprises established in Louisiana to increase the ...