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Norman Thomas vs Huey P. Long
| Issue | Norman Thomas | Huey P. Long |
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| Distribution of national income and purchasing power | — | Share Our Wealth: cap fortunes, guarantee every family a homestead and income specific_pledgenot_applicable A wealth tax and redistribution financed by massive federal spending: a guaranteed household grant and annual income, old-age pensions, limits on fortunes. |
| Communism, radicalism and "alien isms" as a political issue | Keep the Socialist vote independent; chide the La Follettes for handing Roosevelt 'everything on a silver platter' directional_stancenot_applicable Refuse the Popular Front logic of backing Roosevelt; hold Wisconsin's Socialist vote in the national column. |
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| Public ownership of major industries | The New Deal 'has not worked'; build the cooperative commonwealth vague_gesturenot_applicable Oppose both parties with 'a logical analysis of the diseases of our time and a sure philosophy for building the co-operative commonwealth.' |
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