Here is an essay I recently wrote for one of my classes regarding Social Security.  The majority of my research and sources was through the book “The Roots of the Social Security Myth” which can be found here.
Social Securirity will likely be insolvent in the next couple of decades if it remains as is and [...]

FDR, privatization, Roosevelt, Social Security

This afternoon while driving home I was listening to talk radio, some of you may already be judging but hear me out, and I heard the conservative them for bashing government run health care, “If the government can run the DMV, screws up this simple program, makes this stupid mistake, etc…then why would we entrust [...]

Foreign Policy, Healthcare, Libertarian, Structure of Government, Warfare

After the break is a short essay I wrote on the Supreme Court case, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation (1937). The essay briefly addresses some of the case history regarding the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution as well as the impact that NLRB had on the expansion [...]

Constitution, federalism, Supreme Court

The Most up to date Political Survey can always be found at <http://damienmanier.com/political-survey/>
In order for this site to be an accurate metric of how my views may change over time as I continue researching and studying ideas, I have created a political survey on myself. I have tried to include most major issues and provided [...]

Constitution, Education, federalism, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Globalization, Healthcare, Immigration, Property Rights, Structure of Government, Taxes, Warfare

After the break is a short essay I wrote for my American Government Class on Corporate Welfare. The limitations on length did not allow me to fully explore the concepts as I would have liked. However, I find myself only really writing nowadays when I’m motivated by grades. Hopefully, now that I have this start [...]

Capitalism, Coporate Welfare, Corporatism, Free Market, Libertarian

UPDATED AGAIN: The response from the involved party is that I have misrepresented or failed to understand how they were using A Priori. The use of the term is very diverse and so this is very possible. I tried to base my discussion based on the examples and illustrations provided. The essay still applies to [...]

A Priori, Austrian School, David Hume, Ludwig von Mises, Praxeology, Roderick Long

After the break is the introduction I wrote for this essay earlier this year.  Since then I have substantially changed my position on war and foreign policy.  However, with such a large change there are still many gaps I need to fill in and much I need to learn before I can put together a [...]

Foreign Policy, Globalization, Warfare

The Most up to date Political Survey can always be found at <http://damienmanier.com/political-survey/>
In order for this site to be an accurate metric of how my views may change over time as I continue researching and studying ideas, I have created a political survey on myself. I have tried to include most major issues and provided [...]

Constitution, Education, federalism, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Globalization, Healthcare, Immigration, Property Rights, Social Security, Structure of Government, Taxes, Unions, Warfare

Marx’s communism appears quite logical if his assumptions are correct. However, many of his basic assumptions are in doubt and by his own standards of praxis determining the validity of philosophy communism has failed the test of historical application. This at best proves that the world or mankind is not in the right state for [...]

Capitalism, Division of Labor, Marxism, Socialism

The following is an essay I wrote advocating school vouchers. School Choice and vouchers were one of the first issues I took interest in when I began becoming involved in politics and this is one of my first serious essays. Iwill include the first two paragraphs here and links to both an html version and [...]

charter school, federalism, school choice, teacher union, vouchers