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

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

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