"now, we have organized a society, and we call it "share our wealth society," a society with the motto "every man a king."
every man a king, so there would be no such thing as a man or woman who did not have the necessities of life, who would not be dependent upon the whims and caprices and ipsi dixit of the financial barons for a living. what do we propose by this society? we propose to limit the wealth of big men in the country. there is an average of $15,000 in wealth to every family in america. that is right here today.
we do not propose to divide it up equally. we do not propose a division of wealth, but we propose to limit poverty that we will allow to be inflicted upon any man's family. we will not say we are going to try to guarantee any equality, or $15,000 to a family. no; but we do say that one third of the average is low enough for any one family to hold, that there should be a guarantee of a family wealth of around $5,000; enough for a home, an automobile, a radio, and the ordinary conveniences, and the opportunity to educate their children; a fair share of the income of this land thereafter to that family so there will be no such thing as merely the select to have those things, and so there will be no such thing as a family living in poverty and distress.
we have to limit fortunes. our present plan is that we will allow no one man to own more that $50,000,000. we think that with that limit we will be able to carry out the balance of the program. it may be necessary that we limit it to less than $50,000,000. it may be necessary, in working out of the plans that no man's fortune would be more than $10,000,000 or $15,000,000. but be that as it may, it will still be more than any one man, or any one man and his children and their children, will be able to spend in their lifetimes; and it is not necessary or reasonable to have wealth piled up beyond that point where we cannot prevent poverty among the masses"
in huey long's speech, what was the major reason so many people in america lived in poverty ?
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too few people made all the money and the rest were left poor
louisiana farmers were not able to produce good crops during the dust bowl
big corporations from overseas were buying up all the lank in louisiana
louisiana's governor was acting like a " king"
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in his speech, what does huey long refer to every man as?
question 2 options:
a person
a tycoon
an american citizen
a king
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what was huey long's plan to " share the wealth"?
question 3 options:
create social programs such as welfare and food stamps for the poor in louisiana .
raise money for his presidential campaign and put a louisianian in charge
limit the wealth of the super rich
spend more on building the levees in louisiana
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question 4 options:
50,000,000.00
10,000.00
1,000,000.00
50,000.00
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what amount did huey long propose be a guarantee of family wealth in his plan ?
question 5 options:
$20,000
$10,000
$5,000
$15,000
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