5 1935 newspapers DEMOCRATS PROPOSE a SHARE THE WEALTH policy-JUST LIKE IN 2019!

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5 1935 newspapers DEMOCRATS PROPOSE a "SHARE THE WEALTH" policy - VERY SIMILAR to Elizabeth Warren's proposed "wealth tax" on Billionaires in 2021 !
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SEE PHOTO----- Five (5) COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPERs, the
York Daily Dispatch
(PA) dated June 20, 24, 25, 26, and 27, 1935.
These 5 newspapers contain headings and front page reports on the "SHARE THE WEALTH" program proposed by the Democrats in the era of the GREAT DEPRESSION in the 1930's.
This "share the wealth" program reads very similar to the "wealth tax" proposal by Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren.
"Share Our Wealth" was a movement that begun in February 1934, during the Great Depression, by Huey Long, a governor and later United States Senator from Louisiana. Long, a left-wing populist, first proposed the plan in a national radio address, which is now referred to as the "Share Our Wealth Speech".
The key planks of the Share Our Wealth platform included:
No person would be allowed to accumulate a personal net worth of more than 300 times the average family fortune. A graduated capital levy tax would be assessed on all persons with a net worth exceeding million.
Annual incomes would be limited to million and inheritances would be capped at .1 million.
Every family was to be furnished with a homestead allowance of not less than one-third the average family wealth of the country. Every family was to be guaranteed an annual family income of at least ,000 to ,500, or not less than one-third of the average annual family income in the United States. Yearly income, however, cannot exceed more than 300 times the size of the average family income.
An old-age pension would be made available for all persons over 60.
To balance agricultural production, the government would preserve/store surplus goods, abolishing the practice of destroying surplus food and other necessities due to lack of purchasing power.
Veterans would be paid what they were owed (a pension and healthcare benefits).
Free education and training for all students to have equal opportunities in all schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions for training in the professions and vocations of life.
The raising of revenue and taxes for the support of this program was to come from the reduction of swollen fortunes from the top, as well as for the support of public works to give employment whenever there may be any slackening necessary in private enterprise.
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