The previous - or - sometimes they return e. Long begins to form a wealth distribution party. Next to Long stands radio preacher Father Coughlin, who calls for the nationalization of banks and natural resources and to ensure a decent standard of living for all Americans. Coughlin is very popular with radio listeners. He explains to them that Roosevelt ranks with "godless capitalists, Jews, communists, international bankers and plutocrats." Coughlin says almost exactly the same thing as Dr. Goebbels in Germany. Another long-time ally, Townsend, presents a plan in which every American, upon reaching the age of 60, should receive a monthly pension of $200, which he must spend per month. People get a secure old age, and the country gains effective demand. It is understandable: in the United States there was the Great Depression, the people became impoverished. Unemployment is rampant. Long is ahead of Roosevelt in popularity. He, like Hitler, receives money from big business - 2 million dollars to "bring down Roosevelt". (That's the equivalent of 30-40 million today.) Long should, by all accounts, defeat Roosevelt in the 1936 election. As a last resort - in 1940. Mafia circles also invest money in it. ***.
Long is making the most of his power in Louisiana. He presents a dictatorial regime in it, and declared: "To truly serve the people, first of all you have to have power." After subduing the nation's National Guard, its Supreme Court, and its legislature, Long creates a vast network of his own secret police. He destroys his enemies without mercy. The Louisiana Legislature once passed 46 regulations needed by the governor in just 48 minutes. However, in 1930-1935, Long in his state exempted assets of up to $2,000 or less from taxes (multiply that by 20 to get the current numbers).