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Saw this earlier this afternoon while at the Capitol...
Posted on 4/19/14 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 8:52 pm
Beautiful arrangement at the foot of the statue...it had a card attached...
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:04 pm to GFunk
Despite the fact that he started a long line of shitty politics in the state I love, you gotta respect that from the family.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:10 pm to gorillacoco
I knew the sister of the alleged shooter. I'm guessing that Dr. Weiss did try to kill him but Long's bodyguards actually accidentally kilt the Senator (née Governor) in the attempt to stop the attack.
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 9:11 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:13 pm to gorillacoco
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In March 1933, Long offered a series of bills collectively known as "the Long plan" for the redistribution of wealth. The first bill proposed a new progressive tax code designed to cap personal fortunes at $100 million. Fortunes above $1 million would be taxed at 1 percent; fortunes above $2 million would be taxed at 2 percent, and so forth, up to a 100 percent tax on fortunes greater than $100 million. The second bill limited annual income to $1 million, and the third bill capped individual inheritances at $5 million.[30] In February 1934, Long introduced his Share Our Wealth plan over a nationwide radio broadcast. He proposed capping personal fortunes at $50 million and repeated his call to limit annual income to $1 million and inheritances to $5 million. (He also suggested reducing the cap on personal fortunes to $10 million–$15 million per individual, if necessary, and later lowered the cap to $5 million–$8 million in printed materials.) The resulting funds would be used to guarantee every family a basic household grant of $5,000 and a minimum annual income of $2,000–3,000, or one-third of the average family homestead value and income. Long supplemented his plan with proposals for free college education and vocational training for all able students, old-age pensions, veterans' benefits, federal assistance to farmers, public works projects, greater federal regulation of economic activity, a month's vacation for every worker and limiting the work week to thirty hours to boost employment.[31]
This is crazy. That might have been part of the reason he was shot. That sucks.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:21 pm to GFunk
"Thanks for making Louisiana a welfare state."
-Everyone Else
-Everyone Else
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:25 pm to GFunk
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Historians do not accept the speculation that Long actually died after accidentally being struck by a bullet fired by one of his own bodyguards as they fired at Weiss.
So no. Sister may be biased.
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Long's bodyguards returned fire, hitting Weiss 62 times and killing him.
DAAAAAAAAMN.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:30 pm to Amazing Moves
The best there was, and the best there ever will be.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:53 pm to GFunk
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This post was edited on 5/2/14 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:56 pm to Amazing Moves
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Historians do not accept the speculation that Long actually died after accidentally being struck by a bullet fired by one of his own bodyguards as they fired at Weiss. So no. Sister may be biased. quote: Long's bodyguards returned fire, hitting Weiss 62 times and killing him. DAAAAAAAAMN.
The autopsies on both Weiss and Long were not particularly well-done. I'm not alleging any conspiracy here, but scores of bullets in a marble corridor can do bad things. It was what it was.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:58 pm to Turkey_Creek_Tiger
Every man a king.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:59 pm to Turkey_Creek_Tiger
He was a socialist.
He would have been a force to be reckoned with in that presidential election, and could have changed the course of the nation forever.
He would have been a force to be reckoned with in that presidential election, and could have changed the course of the nation forever.
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 10:00 pm to Turkey_Creek_Tiger
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socialist
Yep
Posted on 4/19/14 at 10:02 pm to BRgetthenet
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Every man a king.
oxymoron
Posted on 4/19/14 at 10:02 pm to soccerfüt
Interesting read was Dr. Pavy's book on the subject. Contained very little facts for an individual that considered himself a learned individual, despite his proximity to the parties involved.
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