Articles by Jake Towne

  • Remember the Constitution and our Veterans Today - November 11th, 2009

    “Soldiers’ supreme wish is to avoid war, for the costs are inevitably paid with their blood and brains.“ – Jake Towne
    November 11, 2009 11:11 AM
    Today, many Americans take a moment to remember the veterans that have fulfilled their oaths to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies foreign and domestic.” [...]

  • Talk on Constitutional Money - November 9th, 2009

    Yesterday I gave a fast-paced lecture on constitutional money and the Federal Reserve to the Lehigh Valley Tea Party.  The playlist can be found below, and the PDF of the presentation here.   I am also available to present this material at a much slower rate, with plenty of time for Q&A to groups.  Monetary economics [...]

  • Independent Challenger for Congress Invites Dent and Callahan to Debate - November 9th, 2009

    Jake Towne issues a press release challenging incumbent Charlie Dent and challenger John Callahan to debate
    Originally published November 8, 2009 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/towne-for-congress-invites-dent-and-callahan-to-debate-2

    For immediate release
    Jake Towne, running as an independent private citizen for United States Congress in Pennsylvania’s 15th District encompassing the Lehigh Valley and parts of Berks and Montgomery counties challenged Republican incumbent Charlie Dent, [...]

  • Jake Towne on FOX’s Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano - November 8th, 2009

    Originally published October 31, 2009 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/jake-towne-on-foxs-freedom-watch-with-judge-napolitano-1
    On Wednesday, October 28th, I traveled down to the Drexel University campus to appear on FOX New’s Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano, Drexel’s Student Liberty Front, Pennsylvania State Representative Sam Rohrer, and Jacob Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation.  I was a panel member for the first two sessions covering [...]

  • 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 [...]

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