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."