So, as the former governor and U.S. senator Huey Long, from Louisiana, said, quote: “When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the American flag.” What were some of the views that Senator Long expressed that give us insight as to why he made such a statement? Here is an excerpt of a speech Senator Long delivered on April 29, 1932 in the Senate, which can be found on the educational website spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAlongH.htm: “The great and grand dream of America that all men are created free and equal, endowed with the inalienable right of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness—this great dream of America, this great light, and this great hope—has almost gone out of sight in this day and time, and everybody knows it; and there is a mere candle flicker here and yonder to take the place of what the great dream of America was supposed to be. The people of this country have fought and have struggled, trying, by one process and the other, to bring about the change that would save the American country to the ideal and purposes of America. They are met with the Democratic Party at one time and the Republican Party at another time, and both of them at another time, and nothing can be squeezed through these party organizations that goes far enough to bring the American people to a condition where they have such a thing as a livable country. We swapped the tyrant 3,000 miles away for a handful of financial slave-owning overlords who make the tyrant of Great Britain seem mild. …” On this point of “the suffering of the mass poor of America,” he stated [during the February 23, 1934 NBC radio network broadcast of his speech titled “Every Man a King”]: “The 125 million people of America have seated themselves at the barbecue table to consume the products which have been guaranteed to them by their Lord and Creator. There is provided by the Almighty what it takes for them all to eat; yea, more. There is provided more than what is needed for all to eat. But the financial masters of America have taken off the barbecue table 90 percent of the food placed thereon by God, through the labors of mankind, even before the feast begins, and there is left on that table to be eaten by 125 million people less than should be there for 10 million of them. What has become of the remainder of those things placed on the table by the Lord for the use of us all? They are in the hands of the Morgans, the Rockefellers, the Mellons, the Baruches, the Bakers, the Astors, and the Vanderbilts—600 families at the most either possessing or controlling the entire 90 percent of all that is in America. They cannot eat the food, they cannot wear the clothes, so they destroy it. They have it rotted; they plow it up; they pour it into the rivers; they bring destruction through the acts of mankind to let humanity suffer; to let humanity go naked; to let humanity go homeless, so that nothing may occur that will do harm to their vanity and to their greed. Like the dog in the manger, they command a wagon load of hay, which the dog would not allow the cow to eat, though he could not eat it himself.” Huey concludes his 1934 speech with these words: “Unless we provide for [the] redistribution of wealth in this country, the country is doomed; there is going to be no country left here very long. That may sound a little bit extravagant, but I tell you that we are not going to have this good little America here long if we do not take to redistribute the wealth of this country.” A biography of Senator Long on the website hueylong states: “Huey accused both parties of selling out to big business at the expense of the American people. He became very unpopular with the political establishment in Washington and was labeled a ‘socialist,’ ‘radical’, ‘demagogue’, and ‘dictator’.” Regarding his views on the political parties, Senator Long stated: “The only difference I ever found between the Democratic leadership and the Republican leadership is that one of them is skinning you from the ankle up and the other, from the neck down.” In his national radio address in February 1934, Huey Long unveiled a plan called Share Our Wealth, a program designed to provide a decent standard of living to all Americans by spreading the nation’s wealth among the people. Huey Long proposed capping personal fortunes at $50 million through a restructured federal tax code, and sharing the resulting revenue with the public through government benefits. Later revisions included capping fortunes at $5-$8 million; annual personal incomes at $1 million (or “300 times the average American income”); and limiting inheritances to $5 million per individual. Senator Long’s program advocated free higher education and vocational training; pensions for the elderly; veterans’ benefits and health care; and a yearly stipend for all families earning less than one-third the national average income, enough for a home, an automobile, a radio, and the ordinary conveniences. He also proposed shortening the work week, and giving employees a month vacation to boost employment; along with greater government regulation of economic activity. And by the summer of 1935, Huey Long’s “Share Our Wealth clubs” had 7.5 million members nationwide. He regularly garnered 25 million radio listeners, and he was receiving 60,000 letters a week from supporters—more than the president! It appears that these views of Senator Long are what made him dangerous to The Shadow Government. Huey Long spoke for the common man! He was not in favor of corporations or men amassing wealth based upon the slave labor and blood-sucking of the poor. He was against the powerful monied interests of Wall Street and The Federal Reserve and bankers! These words spoken by Senator Long in the early 1930s reflect the reality and economic condition of America today, especially concerning “wealth” and “inequality.” “Wealth inequality” and the greed of Wall Street financiers, and the Federal Reserve System, caused the recent deep recession in this country under President George W. Bush—from which the Obama Administration is still trying to guide America into recovery. Do you remember “Occupy Wall Street,” the Movement started by young people that began in New York protesting in front of Wall Street? Their demonstrations which occurred all over the country [were] an effort to dramatize the condition of wealth inequality in the United States. Senator Long’s assassination occurred in the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; where he was shot on September 8, 1935, and died two days later on September the 10th. He was 42 years old. There has remained a “cloud” about him, and over the true reason for his assassination; but the point is that even if you are considered powerful: When you seek to expose the real powers that are in the shadows—who misuse the people—then you become a threat, and your life is in danger. And the threat of assassination is ever present! So the scripture [teaches] in Psalms, the 23rd chapter, verse 4: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” ~The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
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