Share Our Wealth program

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The Share Our Wealth program was Huey P. Long’s populist economic plan during the Great Depression that proposed radical wealth redistribution to guarantee basic income, housing, and education for all Americans.

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instanceOf economic program ⓘ
populist program ⓘ
wealth redistribution plan ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticized Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal as insufficient ⓘ
economicContext Great Depression in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression
endedBecauseOf assassination of Huey P. Long in 1935 ⓘ
goal guarantee basic income for all Americans ⓘ
guarantee education for all Americans ⓘ
guarantee housing for all Americans ⓘ
redistribute wealth in the United States ⓘ
hasOrganizationArm Share Our Wealth Society ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of Depression-era radical economic reform proposal ⓘ
major challenge to Roosevelt’s New Deal from the left ⓘ
ideology left-wing populism ⓘ
populism ⓘ
influenced New Deal critics ⓘ
influencedBy Progressive Era reforms ⓘ
linked to: Progressive Era
mediaUsed mass rallies ⓘ
pamphlets ⓘ
radio addresses ⓘ
membershipClaimedByProponent millions of members ⓘ
opposed concentration of wealth ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
policyType income redistribution ⓘ
social welfare program ⓘ
wealth cap ⓘ
proposedBenefit free education ⓘ
guaranteed minimum family income ⓘ
homestead allowance ⓘ
old-age pensions ⓘ
veterans’ benefits ⓘ
proposedByOfficeholder Huey P. Long as U.S. Senator from Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Huey P. Long
proposedTaxPolicy confiscatory taxes on large fortunes ⓘ
proposedWealthCap limit on maximum personal fortune ⓘ
proposer Huey P. Long ⓘ
slogan Every Man a King ⓘ
startDate 1934 ⓘ
status never fully implemented as national policy ⓘ
targetPopulation American citizens ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ

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Huey P. Long → knownFor → Share Our Wealth program ⓘ
Huey P. Long → notableWork → Share Our Wealth program ⓘ
subject linked to: The Kingfish
Huey P. Long → notableIdea → Share Our Wealth ⓘ
subject linked to: The Kingfish
linked to: Share Our Wealth program
Every Man a King (autobiography) → mainSubject → Share Our Wealth program ⓘ
Every Man a King (autobiography) → associatedWith → Share Our Wealth movement ⓘ
linked to: Share Our Wealth program
Every Man a King (autobiography) → relatedWork → Share Our Wealth (political program) ⓘ
linked to: Share Our Wealth program
My First Days in the White House → subject → Share Our Wealth program ⓘ
Huey P. Long → notableWork → Share Our Wealth program ⓘ
subject linked to: Long political family