Question

Huey Long criticized the New Deal based on which of the following beliefs?

Increasing taxes on the wealthy was unfair.
He did not believe in Social Security.
The New Deal was moving the USA toward socialism.
The New Deal did not go far enough to redistribute wealth

Answer 1

Huey Long criticized the New Deal based on The New Deal did not go far enough to redistribute wealth.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

During the period of Great Depression President Roosevelt launched many programs like federal insurance, social security schemes and he named all these programs as New Deal. But his programs were criticized by Hue Long who was a senator from Louisiana as he believed that these programs did not go far enough to redistribute the national wealth.

Hue Long proposed an alternative plan which majorly focuses on wealth redistribution and named it as ‘Share our Wealth’. His plan proposed the confiscation of wealth of the rich class if their income exceeds $3 million and redistributing it among the poor class with the income below $5,000.