Senator Huey Long's Speech 'Every Man A King'

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In his speech “Every Man a king” senator Huey Long suggested to reconstruct the wealth in America. He describes the current economic crisis as devastating because 10 people own about 85% of America’s wealth when the rest of the population does not have anything. Some even starve to death. The purpose of his speech is to create the effect of urgency. He wanted to limit the wealth one’s can have. So, no one would be too rich nor too poor. People should not be allowed to own more than $600 million. He suggested to limit the average income of $15,000 to every family. He also wanted to restructure the way taxes were being paid. His conception was the more money you get more your federal tax you pay. And the tax’s money should help fund: education,

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