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Tweet Want to Support Jake? Register NOW! Already a member? Login Talk on Taxes, Open Office to CEPTA (East Penn Taxpayer’s Association) 15 Sept 2009 Today I gave a talk and Q&A session with CEPTA (East Penn Taxpayer’s Association) in Emmaus, PA. I introduced myself to the group, shared with them my principles, and the Our Open Office idea, [...]

Tweet Want to Support Jake? Register NOW! Already a member? Login JakeTowne Upcoming Events (as of Sept 15th!) September 15th Tuesday 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Emmaus, 6th and Broad Street in the old fire hall.  Speech to East Penn Taxpayers’ Association.  The two taxes I plan to cover are the well-known federal income tax [...]

Tweet Want to Support Jake? Register NOW! Already a member? Login Veterans Plank “Soldiers’ supreme wish is to avoid war, for the costs are inevitably paid with their blood and brains.“ – Jake Towne There is no end in sight to the occupation of Iraq. Under President Obama, the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan are [...]

Tweet “Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead.” – Five-Star General of the Army Omar Bradley, WWII veteran. I find myself always sad when someone dies.  Even sadder when it is through a violent death without [...]

Tweet “When citizens speak, their Representative must listen completely. Across our land, the so-called “Representatives” have not troubled to listen to We the People, and this is a key reason our country is in such dire straits today.” – Jake Towne September 9, 2009 Ever call or write your representative or senator? Ever wonder exactly [...]

Tweet I had a campaign-related trip this morning, so I got to newspaper reading this afternoon.  Check out this scathing editorial from Page A22 of the 09/09/09 Wall Street Journal below. My comments are that the recent strength of the gold and silver markets, along with a drop in the USDX, are due to solely to the [...]

Tweet Michael McKay and Meghan O’Toole of RadioFreeMarket.com conversed with me over health care economics with an Austrian school, free-market perspective on September 5th.  Meghan and I are both graduates of Mises University 2009.  [FYI - The entire set of lectures is available at Mises.org at this link.] Our topic was health care and I must [...]

Tweet JakeTowne Happy Labor Day from Towne for Congress! “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead, Pennsylvania-born anthropologist. In that single quote, Mead summed up the human spirit alive in each of us today.  In her [...]

Tweet September 4, 2009 Dear Congressman Dent, I attended your last town hall in Emmaus this week. Unfortunately, there were so many questions that I was unable to ask mine. In some ways, this is understandable as I have clearly communicated to you my concerns, but you can still look forward to seeing me in [...]

Tweet Today, September 3rd, was a busy day as the campaign starts kicking into gear.  I visited the incumbent’s town hall in Emmaus, sat in the front row and raised my hand for 90 minutes.  One woman sitting to me said, “Wasn’t your arm tired?”  I told her, I wouldn’t tire as long as the Constitution is under [...]

Tweet September 3rd, 2009 Dear Friends of Liberty – 912candidates.org has posted on their front page their endorsement of my candidacy.  Following their press release and posting of my contract, I posted my candidacy statement explaining how I will enact their principles and values during my campaign. I am very excited to be a 9/12 Candidate!!  I [...]

Tweet Federal Reserve Plank “Our nation’s monetary policy over the past century is the most despicable hoax ever committed against the American people in our history. If I can help the people of our district understand the utter immorality, the sheer evil, of this system and how it restrains the prosperity of our society, we [...]

Tweet This should not be construed as financial advice, but I wanted to share a LeMetropoleCafe.com post from Chuck Cohen as a warning to readers that all is NOT what it seems in our financial markets these days.  Published with permission from Chuck. If you like this commentary, Bill Murphy at LeMetropoleCafe.com offers a free 2-week trial. [...]