- December 13, 2009 – Featured side-by-side with the Republican and Democrat challengers in the Opinion section of the Morning Call with a 500-word essay on the economy. This essay was condensed from this article, ‘The Government’s “War” on Main Street“. Sorry if the text is a little tough to read in the first photo, the text is below. The second is unreadable, but when you boil it down, my challengers have very little different about them, Coke or Pepsi. They both voted for or favor corporate bailouts with taxpayer money. They both voted for or favor government “stimulus” spending plans.
LINK http://www.mcall.com/opinion/all-obama-pcp-121309-towne,0,6317929.story
Far from fixing the economy, the two-headed, one-party political system is ruining Main Street. We need look no further than our backyards for evidence. Recently, the hardware store in Nazareth, my hometown, announced it was closing. Meanwhile, the stimulus plan awarded over $7 million to local universities for research on topics like hot lava and Ice Age climate shifts. This was more than the amounts allotted to Allentown, Bethlehem, or Easton.
What is going on here? It is nothing more than the principle of the “seen” and the “unseen” at work. What is normally “seen” is government’s pet projects, whether the Hoover Dam, hot lava research, or Representative Dent’s banker bailouts. Some projects may even have some utility, like new roads or bridges. These are held up as examples of how the government is doing its very best to help you – with your taxes, that is.
However, what is typically NOT SEEN is local hardware stores failing – the businesses that didn’t make the government’s gravy train list. What is NOT SEEN is firms that never start due to government interventions. What is NEVER SEEN is the employment these businesses would be providing and what is CERTAINLY NOT SEEN is what would happen if people were not plundered by government in the first place, either via payroll taxes or the insidious hidden tax of inflation.
We must recognize that when the government says that the path to prosperity rests in destroying used cars and giving cash incentives to stimulate purchases of new cars, they are instead saying that the path to prosperity rests with creating false demand, more taxes and the destruction of economic goods. When the government says the way to prosperity is to increase the price of milk, it is like saying the way to prosperity is to make food more expensive.
When the government says the way to national wealth is to pay out governmental subsidies, they are in effect saying the way to national wealth is to increase taxes. When politicians say the main objective is to stimulate jobs by providing government-paid salaries, they are instead saying that excessive taxation and placing an immense burden of debt on future unborn generations is really the main objective.
America’s sails are set on a hazardous course. The good news is the path to prosperity is simple. We need to return to what America does best.
America needs to restore individual liberties.
America needs to restore the rule of law per the Constitution.
America needs balanced budgets with a sound currency to impose discipline on government.
America needs very low taxes.
America needs a strong national defense while avoiding undeclared wars, military bases on foreign soil, and nation-building missions.
America must act to bring about a separation between the State and the Economy.
For detailed solutions, such as slashing federal spending, eliminating the income tax, and returning to a sound currency, please visit TowneForCongress.com and start by reading ‘The Government’s ‘War’ on Main Street.”
Jake Towne, a Lehigh Valley native, is running as an independent private citizen for United States Congress in 2010.
http://towneforcongress.com/economy/assorted-press-clippings-december-2009-1
