USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In February 1934, Long introduced his “Share Our Wealth” plan over a nationwide radio broadcast. His plan was to minimise wealth inequality, via Federal tax and spend policy. An individual’s right to wealth would be restricted to: a maximum INHERITANCE of $5 million ($100 million in 2022);

Detailed explanation-2: -The song was co-written in 1935 by Huey Long and Castro Carazo, the band director of Louisiana State University. “Every Man a King” is also the title of a speech delivered by Senator Huey Long in 1934. The slogan became a catch-phrase of Long’s Share Our Wealth proposal during the Great Depression.

Detailed explanation-3: -Adapting his rhetoric to the techniques of broadcasting, Louisiana senator Huey P. Long used a nationwide radio address to spread his ideas about the redistribution of wealth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Every man a king, so there would be no such thing as a man or woman who did not have the necessities of life, who would not be dependent upon the whims and caprices and ipse dixit of the financial martyrs for a living.

Detailed explanation-5: -On Sunday, September 8, 1935, United States senator and former Louisiana governor Huey Long was fatally shot at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.