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2 New Persp. Q. 1 (1985)

handle is hein.journals/nwpsp2 and id is 1 raw text is: If VOL. 2 NO. 1 INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL STRATEGY SUIIMER 1985 Mario Cuomo The President, Jack Kemp and others in the Republican coalition think of an America of families where the emphasis is on individual freedom, the entre- preneur and opportunity. When you stress the idea of 'America as a family. with an emphasis on the individual's obligation to the whole society, you imply a different vision. E There is no Republican alive who exceeds my commitment to individual initiative, my ardor for it or my experience with it. That is my whole life. That was my father's life and my mother's life. They made it by hard work. I'm the governor, not because I inherited it, not because anybody left it to me, or because government wanted me to be Governor. I'm Governor because I did it the old fashioned way, I earned it. On the other hand, I understand that this society is at its very best when it helps itself by having its people help one another. It comes down to a matter of degree. How much help? To whom? Would they deny government's capacity to help Continental Illinois bank? No, we saw them use that capacity. Would they suggest that that capacity was an inordinate application of the principal of mutuality or family? Some ask why should the taxpayers have taken care of Continental Illinois? Because we're trying to promote private initiative? Because we're trying to teach a little Darwinism? Or, because when the boys are in trouble that's time for family? (<ontinued on page 4) I CHAMPION OFWE -INDIVIDUAL an interview with Congressman Jack Kemp U Governor Mario Cuomo stresses the idea of America as a family and the individual's obligation to the society. You emphasize individual freedom, the entrepreneur and the opportunity society. What is your view of the good person and the good society? First of all, let me pay respect to Cuomo's statement of America as a family. I would agree with him that we are one people, one nation, one family. There is a sense of the common good that does not subtract from the idea that we are also made up of families and have individual differences. The good society is a society in which an individual can maximize his or her potential, but man is a social being and that does not preclude cooperation. To use the example of a foot- ball team, one is not prevented from serving one's own ends, but even serves those ends better by sublimating extremely individualistic behavior to the overall good of that team. In campus speeches, I've used the example of Reggie Jackson hitting three home runs in the same game back in 1976. I asked, rhetorically, what do you think would have happened to Reggie Jackson if the IRS came and said that it was really unfair that he was making as much money as he does and we decided to redistribute it equally to all the players on the New York Yankee team? A student raised his hand and said, I think he'd hit singles, and not home runs! (continued on page 8) INSIDI E4 COMMENT As The Tide Turns .............................. .2 Back to Basics ................................... .3 POLITICS AND CULTURE Gov. Mario Cuomo: America as a Family .............. I Rep. Jack Kemp: Champion of the Individual........... I Daniel Bell: American Contradictions ................ 14 Robert Bellah: Are Americans Still Citizens'?........... 15 Michael Novak: Wealth and Productive Justice......... 15 THE ECONOMY Robert Kuttner: For Growth with Equity .............. 26 A Response by Bruce R. Scott .......................29 FOREIGN AFFAIRS Mexico: No Possibility of Divorce an interview with U. S. Ambassador John Gavin ...... 30 liz AMERICA AS A FAMILY an interview with New York Governor % WPP, Ina -

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