Huey+Long



Huey Long was the democratic governor of Louisiana in 1928. He originally supported FDR's New Deal, but soon broke off and formed his own idea of how to fix the depression. His idea was for a "redistribution of wealth". That is, he wanted to limit individual income and inheritance in order to rid the people of large fortunes. He would then give every family a sum of money for "household estate". Ideas of "redistribution of wealth" still float around the democratic party today.

Information from America Pathways to the Present: page 549 Picture from:http://miami.media.indypgh.org/uploads/2008/05/huey-long_1_200.jpg