This is were my essays for the Government course I take with the Ron Paul Curriculum will be posted.
Front-loading occurs when someone over promises something. Say a teenager wants a new stereo system and he tells his parents that if they get it for him he will do more odd jobs around the house without questions. He tells them that the stereo system is the best out there and just went on sale. … More Front-Loading and Political Engineering
Africa had little, if any, success with the big authoritarian governments who controlled their countries’ economies. At some points their economies looked very well off but that changed when the countries’ economic booms dropped. Many of the kings of those African countries invested their money in countries other than their own like European ones. Once … More The Successfulness of Big Government African Economies
“It is unreasonable to confine ourselves strictly to the text of the Constitution. We should interpret the Constitution broadly, to allow the federal government to exercise powers we need it to exercise, even if they aren’t actually listed in that document.” How would Thomas Jefferson respond to that statement? If we were to do … More The American Constitution
The compact and nationalist theories are ideas of how governments should be made up and how their authorities should be dispersed. The compact theory is the idea that there is a collection of smaller states and governments that make up a larger government or society. So a town has authority over itself and other … More Theories of Political Authority
What is the origin of money? These next few paragraphs will explain the process in a quick overview. People traded what they had for what they wanted; like a person who had some apples wanted some potatoes and the person who had potatoes wanted apples, so they traded. But this method doesn’t always work. A … More The Origin of Money
Price controls are quite troublesome. If a government controls prices by putting price ceilings or price floors on a good’s price many things can happen- good and bad. (to clarify: price ceilings: a price can’t go above a certain amount.- price floors: a price can’t go below a certain amount.) First of all, if … More Price Controls – People Controls
Anti-poverty programs developed by the U.S. government have unfortunately not been very successful. With the amount of money being spent on fighting poverty it is surprising to see how the actual poverty rates have risen since anti-poverty programs have been instilled. In 1965 federal welfare spending for anti-poverty programs was at $178 billion (in constant … More Anti-Poverty Program Outcomes
A person making policies for a government program to benefit people in unfortunate circumstances can come across many difficulties in the process of designing it. Say the policymaker is designing a program to entice alcoholics to quit drinking. He is planning on giving a reward to the people who quit drinking and stay clean for … More Problems Policymakers May Face in Designing a Program
The Washington Monument? Great let’s go for a visit! To your surprise, when you arrive at the Washington Monument to tour around it is closed and you are not allowed to enter. Why is this, you wonder? You spot a nearby tourist and decide to ask him if he knows what happened. The tourist … More The Washington Monument Syndrome
The benefit principle is a way of taxation. This system decides how much to tax depending on how many benefits a person receives from the government. Some people claim that the rich benefit more from the government than the poor because the rich have more things that the government needs to help them protect. … More The Benefit Principle
