Source: The Dispatch
by Chris Stirewalt
“If you visit Asuncion, Paraguay, you may wish to walk the street — one block, really — named for former Sen. Huey Long of Louisiana. There’s even a plaque for The Kingfish. It’s what remains of the nation’s once grander tribute from 90 years ago to the wildly corrupt (and wildly entertaining) Louisianan who, at the height of his power, drew some 7 million Americans into his Share Our Wealth Society with the promise ‘every man a king.’ … Long hardly invented the idea of confiscating the fortunes of the super rich and spreading the money around, an appealing proposal from before the very start of American politics. But in times of economic distress and perceived extreme economic disparity, redistribution tends to be particularly popular.” (11/26/24)