"What were once fought tooth and
nail as wealth redistribution and obvious violations of the Constitution
are now “conservative New Deal principles.” The word “entitlement” is
used favorably as well. Defending such things has become conservative,
now that enough time has passed. We just want to administer the programs
of liberalism more efficiently, and call it conservatism."
Someday, Conservatives Will
Defend Obamacare
by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
This is what I mean when I
say that
figuring out what the conservative position is or ought to be on this or
that is like nailing jelly to a wall.
The message of
this op-ed in the
Philadelphia Inquirer is that we conservatives, and our pal
Romney, are just trying to trim the crazy excesses of the LBJ liberalism
of the 1960s. Why, we’re not attacking the New Deal! “Romney simply wants
to protect a safety net built on conservative New Deal principles from
the Great Society-like overreach of Obama.”
What were once fought tooth and nail as wealth redistribution and obvious
violations of the Constitution are now “conservative New Deal
principles.” The word “entitlement” is used favorably as well. Defending
such things has become conservative, now that enough time has passed. We
just want to administer the programs of liberalism more efficiently, and
call it conservatism.
The general principle, evidently, is not that wealth redistribution is
wrong in itself or necessarily opposed to conservatism. The problem is
with wealth redistribution that favors constituencies not known for
voting Republican.
LBJ’s programs caused all kinds of social pathologies, but according to
the article, “conservative New Deal” social insurance causes no such
problems.
Here is what a conservative
whose philosophy is a bit broader than just the platitudes of Reagan and
Romney had to say about that, even though he was speaking about
Sweden.
http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/someday-conservatives-will-defend-obamacare/
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