a
reference to a 1928 presidential
campaign slogan meaning "
prosperity for all, or at least enough
money in every household to put food on the table." The
slogan is generally attributed to the thirty- first
president of the United
States, Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964), although there is a question as to whether it was uttered by him or was actually the
title of a
campaign flier. The earliest known
use of this
term is attributed to
King Henri IV of
France (1553-1610) who reportedly stated, "I
want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a
chicken in his
pot every Sunday."