And to think, technology outpaced them both.

Long argued that there was enough wealth in the country to allow comfortable living for everyone, but that it was unfairly concentrated in the hands of a few millionaire bankers, businessmen and industrialists. Long proposed a new tax code which sharply increased the tax rate on personal fortunes over $1 million, and confiscating any annual income and inheritances above $1 million. The resulting funds would be used to guarantee every family a basic household grant of $5,000 and a minimum annual income of $2,000-2,500. Long supplemented the plan with proposals for free primary and college education, old-age pensions, federal assistance to farmers, public works projects, and limiting the work week to thirty hours. Denying that his program was socialistic, Long stated that his ideological inspiration for the plan came not from Marx but from the Bible and the Declaration of Independence. “Communism? Hell no!” he said, “This plan is the only defense this country’s got against communism.” In 1934, Long had a public debate with Norman Thomas, the leader of the Socialist Party of America, on the merits of Share Our Wealth versus socialism. Long believed that only a radical restructuring of the national economy, eliminating wealth disparities but retaining the essential features of the capitalist system, could end the Great Depression and stave off violent revolution.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long

Now even the slaves are comfortable enough. For now.