Document a The Case Against The Reds

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Share Our Wealth
The article was written in the context of the great depression that occurred in the year 1926 to 1932. Huey Long was elected to be a part of the US senate in the year 1932 when the nation was making all attempts to reduce the depression. The governor made history by his effort of using state funds and power to improve the social services that were being offered to the Americans. He also builds bridges, roads and schools and reformed tax codes. In 1935, Huey broke up with president Roosevelt and launched a movement named "share Our Wealth." This movement was an alternative to the New Deal. However, he was assassinated in 1935, but he had already made grassroots to be followed in regard to his movement.
The chapter further outlines the various grounds of the movement. They believed that every family in America should own a homestead whose value is not less than one-third of the average family wealth. The family wealth is estimated to be $16000 and, therefore, every family is entitled to own a home of not less than $5000 (Share our Wealth (1935). In addition, families would not be allowed to own more than three hundred times of the family wealth. This was a great way of equally distributing wealth and resources in order to reduce the impacts of the great depression. This idea is relevant in the current world whereby people are facing unequal distribution of wealth. The rich keeps on accumulating wealth while the poor continue to live in bad conditions whereby, they can barely afford basic needs. Hence, in an attempt to reduce the gap between the poor and the rich, measures have to be taken to ensure the equal distribution of wealth.
As well, the chapter also advocates that the American families should have an income of at least one-third of the average family income. This is also another way of equally distributing wealth. However, this point uses the assumption that all individuals are allowed to work. In an economy that is in the process of recovering from depression, then full employment is an unachievable factor. Therefore, it would be difficult to ensure the fair distribution of resources using this assumption. There has to be some level of ...