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Use the excerpt from Huey P. Long's "Share Our Wealth" speech, given on March 12, 1935, to answer the question.

"And they proceeded with the NRA. Everything from a peanut stand to a power house had to have a separate book of rules and laws to regulate what they did. If a peanut stand started to parch a sack of goobers for sale, they had to be careful to go through the rule book. One slip and he went to jail. A little fellow who pressed a pair of pants went to jail because he charged 5 cents under the price set in the rule book. So they wrote their NRA rule book, codes, laws, etc. They got up over 900 of them. One would be as thick as an unabridged dictionary and as confusing as a study of the stars. It would take 40 lawyers to tell a shoe-shine stand how to operate and be certain he didn't go to jail."  

Based on the excerpt, which statement best summarizes Huey Long's criticism of the New Deal?  

The Answer Choices
He believed the New Deal would only benefit large corporations and wealthy individuals.

He supported the NRA but thought it needed clearer rules.

He thought the New Deal focused too much on large businesses and ignored smaller companies.

He believed the NRA regulations were excessive and made it too difficult for small businesses to operate.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
He believed the NRA regulations were excessive and made it too difficult for small businesses to operate.

Evidence: Long cites peanut stands, a pants presser, and a shoe-shine stand facing jail or impossible compliance because of overly complex, numerous rules.