History of the United States II / Unit 18 USH2 2577 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Critics from the Left
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The idea
Once the New Deal existed, it was attacked from both sides. From the left, Huey Long called it too conservative and launched Share Our Wealth, entry 1528 records.
In practice
A plan to tax annual incomes above a million dollars at one hundred percent.
Where people slip
Entry 1532 records Coughlin's call for a state-directed economy and Townsend's for pensions for the old.
Your place on the trail
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