Articles by Jake Towne

  • Remember, Remember the Fifth of November!! - November 4th, 2009

    “Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.” – Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
    Originally published November 3, 2009 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/remember-remember-the-fifth-of-november-2

    Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
    The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
    I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason
    Should ever be forgot!!
    Guy Fawkes, [...]

  • Jake Towne to Nancy Pelosi – Are YOU Serious? - October 26th, 2009

    “All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to stand by and do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
    My rebuke to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and my comments on the Constitution and federal powers of Congress in regards to health care and the “Commerce Clause.”
    Originally published October 26, 2009 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/to-nancy-pelosi-on-health-care-are-you-serious-1
    Last week, [...]

  • Abolish the Federal Department of Education!!! - October 20th, 2009

    “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them.  And it required no very high degree of education to convince them of this. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” – Thomas [...]

  • PRESS RELEASE – Congressional Candidate Jake Towne: Stimulus Plan Ineffective in the Lehigh Valley - October 18th, 2009

    Originally published Sunday, October 18, 2009 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/press-release-congressional-candidate-jake-towne-stimulus-plan-ineffective-in-the-lehigh-valley

    BETHLEHEM, PA – US Congressional Candidate Jake Towne related Thursday to a group of Moravian College students that the government’s stimulus plan simply isn’t working in the Lehigh Valley. He also covered the basic economic reasons behind the failure and a better alternative.
    While economic planners predict the [...]

  • Lecture by Jake Towne – Why the Stimulus Plan Will Fail (and a Better Alternative) - October 17th, 2009

    On October 15, 2009, I gave a lecture at Moravian College in Bethlehem on the horrendous economics of the stimulus plan, and why free market solutions will work far better.  An MP3 is not yet available, but a PDF is here.  The video playing prior to the lecture is below.  This is only the latest [...]

  • Liberty Candidates 2010: The Year of HOPE - October 17th, 2009

    “Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it’s realized that our liberties and our wealth are in jeopardy.” – Dr. Ron Paul
    Originally published October 16, 2009 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/liberty-candidates-2010-the-year-of-hope-1
    Ever wonder what happened to that sense of hope and change that most of the voters in the United States [...]

  • Jake Towne’s Iraq War Plank - October 15th, 2009

    “The Congress shall have Power… to declare War.” – The Constitution of the United States, 1787-present. Article I, Section 8, Clause 11.
    “No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.” – James Madison, 1795

    Originally published October 14, 2009 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/iraq-war-plank-1
    Summary: As Congressman, I will drive for a rapid, immediate and orderly [...]

  • Barack Obama, Elinor Ostrum, and the Nobel Prize (PART 2/2) - October 13th, 2009

    Originally published October 13, 2009 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/barack-obama-elinor-ostrum-and-the-nobel-prize-part-22
    Dr. Elinor Ostrum, 76, based her work around the idea that there are human interactions beyond the statistics of market prices surrounding the “commons” such as fish stocks, pastures, woods, lakes, and groundwater basins are managed as common property. Although this idea itself is not new  – Ludvig von [...]

  • Barack Obama, Elinor Ostrum, and the Nobel Prize (PART 1/2) - October 13th, 2009

    “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” – the Orwellian mantra from 1984
    Originally published October 13, 2009, at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/barack-obama-elinor-ostrum-and-the-nobel-prize-part-12

    As nominations were submitted before February 1, 2009, much of the world was shocked to find out that freshman President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. To his credit, Obama proclaimed he was “surprised and deeply [...]

  • Preparation Time is Running Out - October 8th, 2009

    Originally published October 7, 2009 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/preparation-time-is-running-out-1
    This morning in London the gold price hit an all-time high in non-inflation-adjusted dollars of $1047.
    While some who hold gold might be rejoicing, I do not view this as good news at all.  The campaign still has plenty of people to reach in this district, and may run out [...]

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