Michael Novak Bothers Me
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I have noted my displeasure with Michael Novak in this space before -- notably his comment that voting was one of the chief functions God intended for man. But I have too much reading to do tonight (thankfully, it is Michael Oakeshott and Eric Voegelin) to give a broad critique of his thinking.
Instead, I want to draw your attention to this quote taken from a recent Corner post of Novak's regarding Slovakia: "So many Slovaks feel that they have won their freedom twice in the past twenty years. And have they done so! They lead all Europe in their advanced, neoconservative economic policies--personal old age pensions, a flat tax, personal medical accounts, a kind of Steve Forbes/G. W. Bush platform already written into law."
Neoconservative economic policies? Has this man lost his mind? Barry Goldwater was pushing privatization of social security FORTY YEARS AGO when he ran for president against LBJ. As for flat taxes, I think its been a general article of faith for libertarians/free market conservatives of all stripes (read: people who are not necessarily neocons) that the progressive income tax is deeply flawed (I would call it nothing more than a tool for leftist social engineers). In short, I just do not see anything distinctly neoconservative about any of the policies Novak cites.
What I find really amusing is that if one uses the term "neoconservative" to describe a kind of Wilsonian foreign policy (describe it however you want, that's just the phrase I tend to use) they squawk about "neoconservative" not really meaning anything and how its unfair to use a broad label like that (David Frum and Jonah Goldberg especially get irritated when labeled neocons). But when the term can be used to their benefit, it seems like Novak at least is very willing to describe pro-freedom economic policies (a bit more popular than an interventionist foreign policy) as neoconservative.
Either the term means something or it doesn't (though imperfect, I believe the term DOES mean something -- see Irvin Kristol's Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea). But whatever you think about the word "neoconservative," I am certain the economic policies Novak describes aren't distinctly neoconservative.
Instead, I want to draw your attention to this quote taken from a recent Corner post of Novak's regarding Slovakia: "So many Slovaks feel that they have won their freedom twice in the past twenty years. And have they done so! They lead all Europe in their advanced, neoconservative economic policies--personal old age pensions, a flat tax, personal medical accounts, a kind of Steve Forbes/G. W. Bush platform already written into law."
Neoconservative economic policies? Has this man lost his mind? Barry Goldwater was pushing privatization of social security FORTY YEARS AGO when he ran for president against LBJ. As for flat taxes, I think its been a general article of faith for libertarians/free market conservatives of all stripes (read: people who are not necessarily neocons) that the progressive income tax is deeply flawed (I would call it nothing more than a tool for leftist social engineers). In short, I just do not see anything distinctly neoconservative about any of the policies Novak cites.
What I find really amusing is that if one uses the term "neoconservative" to describe a kind of Wilsonian foreign policy (describe it however you want, that's just the phrase I tend to use) they squawk about "neoconservative" not really meaning anything and how its unfair to use a broad label like that (David Frum and Jonah Goldberg especially get irritated when labeled neocons). But when the term can be used to their benefit, it seems like Novak at least is very willing to describe pro-freedom economic policies (a bit more popular than an interventionist foreign policy) as neoconservative.
Either the term means something or it doesn't (though imperfect, I believe the term DOES mean something -- see Irvin Kristol's Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea). But whatever you think about the word "neoconservative," I am certain the economic policies Novak describes aren't distinctly neoconservative.
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