...Long is the New Deal Huey Long was Governor of Louisiana, U.S. Senator, and a champion of the common man. Long believed that government’s place was to protect and support all citizens—specifically the most prominently vulnerable ones—regardless of social hierarchies due to race or class. Long’s most celebrated policy, which had established him as a viable presidential candidate before his assassination, was famously known as his “Share Our Wealth” platform. Perhaps the most famous opponent to the New Deal, which was a series of domestic programs in response to the Great Depression, Long viewed the movement as an unconstitutional failure that did not do enough for those in poverty. In Long’s address to the nation in his speech “Every Man...
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...document 24-3 with document 24-5. I intend to describe the opponents of the New Deal, and the differences between Herbert Hoover and Huey Long’s plans. The first document is about Huey Long’s beliefs and his redistribution of wealth plan. He expresses his sheer disappointment over Roosevelt’s New Deal program and regrets supporting him in the election. The second document is about the conservative criticisms of the New Deal. Herbert Hoover’s anti-New Deal campaign speech centers on limiting government involvement and self-reliance of the people. Minnie Hardin’s letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, it comes straight from the heart of every conservative that looked down on these “reliefers” for “voting theirself a living at the expense of tax-payers” (184-185). Huey Long and the conservatives agreed on their disappointment of the New Deal, but they differed almost entirely on policy. I’m going to compare the two in order to find out how much both Hoover and Long actually differed. Huey Long was a Southern wing Democrat and former Governor of Louisiana that challenged the New Deal during the devastating Great Depression. The reforms of the New Deal failed to reduce poverty and the suffering of Americans. In 1932, he was elected into the United States Senate. There he introduced his “Soak the Rich Tax Bill.” The Senate instantly rejected this proposal. Senator Long decided to run for President because he whole heartedly believed in his “Share Our Wealth Plan.” He attracted more than five...
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