Share
As your federal representative, I will make no pretensions to usurp your right to self-ownership and tell you how to run your life. Those decisions are not mine to make – nor should they be. One does not step into a voting booth in November and magically cede away their individual sovereignty.
Likewise, one [...]
Share
Common Sense Fixes the Job Market
“Economics consists of looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups… The economic goal of any nation, as of any individual, is to get [...]
Share
Sound money is the hallmark of a prosperous society. Fraudulent money impoverishes and enslaves societies, and history teaches it commonly rips them apart in blood-soaked wars. Sound money not only imposes fiscal discipline upon government, impeding reckless federal spending and imprudent warfare, but it also provides a stable unit of account, store of value, and [...]
Share
“Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.” – Dag Hammarskjöld
Today the Morning Call ran a half-page advertisement promoting the campaign and upcoming events like the Allentown “Towne” Hall this Thursday evening. However, yesterday in the letter to the editor section, the newspaper devoted the majority of its print space to publishing [...]
Share
Afghanistan and Pakistan Wars Plank
“All Warfare is Deception… There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.” – Sun Tzu, circa 250 BC
Summary: I will not approve spending to extend this unconstitutional war of aggression against Afghanistan and Pakistan. As Congressman, I will drive for a rapid immediate and orderly withdrawal from [...]
Share
“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 how much effect [...]
Share
Iraq War Plank
“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
Summary: As Congressman, I will drive for a rapid immediate and orderly withdrawal from Iraq. Under no [...]
Share
Right to Bear Arms Plank
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.“
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, [...]
Share
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 accelerating. I believe that spending cuts have to be made everywhere in government [...]
Share
Health Care Plank
“A time came when the only people who had ever been free began to ask: ‘What is freedom?’ ” – from The People’s Pottage
Summary: Our health care is simply too important to be left to bureaucrats in Washington, plus it is unconstitutional. I strongly disapprove of the Democrats’ Obamacare and also the incumbent [...]
Share
Income Tax Plank
“In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act.”
- George Orwell, author of 1984
Summary: The federal income tax is an unnecessary and immoral tax. I am in favor of abolishing the federal income tax and eventually the entire IRS. YOUR income from YOUR labor belongs to you and no one else, especially [...]
Share
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 will and [...]
Share
Bailouts and Corporatism Plank
“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” – GB Shaw
I opposed all the unconstitutional bailouts and stimulus plans of the Republican-Democratic Establishment. I stand against government-assisted cartelization of our nation’s industries and businesses. The actions taken so far by the government will only [...]
Share
Platform
I have been personally outraged by what Congress, our Presidents, and the Federal Reserve has done over the last few decades and I deem their collective actions as oppressive and tyrannical.
As there is no hope for my concerns and grievances to be addressed by the current government, I've decided to make myself available and talk [...]
Recent Comments