Article Archives

Below are the articles and posts from the campaign, per the below outline.  This page was last updated 20 April 2010.

I. Latest Campaign News

II. Economics and Sound Money

III. Foreign Policy

IV. Domestic Policy

V. Campaign News

VI. Notable Guest Posts

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I. Latest Campaign News

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• Speech at LiberTEA Party and PCN Coverage of Challengers Town Hall
• PRESS RELEASE – “We the People” Fun-Raiser to Compete with White House-Backed Fundraiser
• April 2010 Monthly Update
• JohnsonForAmerica.com Interviews Jake Towne
• Straight from the Communist Manifesto – The Income Tax
• Towne for Congress Nearly Doubles 2009 Fundraising Total in First Quarter!!!
• Jobs and Social Insecurity Talks at Lafayette College
• Grassroots “Stop The Wars” Money Bomb March 29
• Towne for Congress Goes International!!!
• Towne for Congress Makes the Front Page!!!
• Independent Jake Towne Skyrockets to a “Stunningly High” 8% in the Polls

II. Economics and Sound Money

A.  Sound Money

• Sound Money and Jobs Plank
• Federal Reserve Plank
• END THE FED…. Then What? – The Transition to Sound Money
• What is an Olympic Gold Medal Worth?
• Talk on Monetary Policy to CC-Upper Perkiomen Valley for Small Government
• Talk on Constitutional Money
• Bernanke’s Great Lie – The ‘Gold Standard’ and the Great Depression
• Unlocking the Money Matrix – The Real Interest Rate (PART 12/15)
• Unlocking the Money Matrix – The Summers Gold Price Suppression Scheme (PART 13/15)
• “The Wreck of the Hesperus” and the Meltdown of the Global Monetary System
• R.I.P. – The London Gold Pool, 1961-1968
• Silver and Gold ARE Money
• Chasing “Gelten” Shadows
• Is the Dollar a Ponzi Scheme?
• PRESS RELEASE – Towne Announces Support of Ron Paul’s HR 4248
• The “One Ring” of the Federal Reserve
• Speech at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, November 22, 2009
• Gold and the “Average Man”
• Fractional Reserve Banking in Pictures (PART 1/2)
• Yes, Virginia, There Are No Reserve Requirements (PART 2/2)
• The Money Matrix – What Makes Money Money? (PART 3/15)
• GATA Sues the Federal Reserve & Alleges Manipulation of the Gold Market
• Ron Paul – “The Gold Price is Rigged by Central Banks”
• On the Dollar – Congressman Charlie Dent Answers a Question from Jake Towne

B. “Governomics”

• Freedom From Fascism
• Jobs and Social Insecurity Talks at Lafayette College
• Jake Towne Says John Callahan Clueless on Job Recovery
• Jobs Plank
• The Government’s “War” on Main Street
• Lecture – Why the Stimulus Plan Will Fail (and a Better Alternative)
• Lecture on the Financial Crisis
• Bailout and Corporatism Plank
• Income Tax Plank
• Escaping the Current Depression – Causes and Cures
• Congress Spending Like Drunken Sailors – Technical Default Avoided by 72 Hours
• What Is Wealth?
• Barack Obama, Elinor Ostrom, and the Nobel Prize (PART 2/2)
• The Money Matrix – Who Owns the FED?
• END THE FED – HR 3996, the Automatic Bailout Bill of 2009
• Congress Responsible for Mini-Bailout of $6.2 Billion to Delphi
• The Bubble Blowers: Goldman Sachs and Cap and Trade
• Open Letter to Congressman Dent from Jake Towne on Auditing the FED
• Venezuela Devalues Bolivar Against the Dollar by 50%
• The Federal Reserve – A Good Company to Work For?
• The FDIC Officially Goes Bankrupt
• The FDIC is Bankrupt
• FDIC: “We Aren’t Bankrupt and Everything is A-OK”
• The FED Dances as Rome Burns
• Preparation Time is Running Out
• The Money Matrix on “Credetary” Inflation and Deflation (PART 9/15)
• The Money Matrix – What the Heck Are Derivatives? (PART 10/15)
• Bring Light to Dark Derivatives!
• Talk on Financial Derivatives to CC-BASD
• “Billion Dollar Fridays,” the FED’s New Buddy-Buddy Club, and the Animal Farm

III. Foreign Policy Issues

A.  The War on Terror

• Guns or Health Care?
• Afghanistan War Plank
• Iraq War Plank
• America’s Military Empire
• Liberty Candidates Mourn the Deaths of 1,000 Soldiers in Afghanistan
• Bloody Summer Ahead in Afghanistan
• Towne for Congress Goes International!!!

B.  All Other

• The Guantanamo Problem – Part 1
• The Guantanamo Problem – Part 2
• PATRIOT Act Backdoor Extension Passes Congress
• Aid for the Haiti Disaster
• Why Foreign Aid? – An Open Letter to Congressman Dent from Jake Towne
• Barack Obama, Elinor Ostrom, and the Nobel Prize (PART 1/2)
• Remember the Constitution and our Veterans Today
• Reply to Constituent Note on Foreign Policy

IV. Domestic Politics

A. Health Care

• Health Care Plank
• Health Care Solutions
• Freedom From Fascism
• The Next Defense – Nullification of the Health Care Tax
• Guns or Health Care?
• Jake Towne Promises Free Health Care for the 15th Congressional District
• To Nancy Pelosi on Health Care – Are YOU Serious?
• Re: Health Care – An Open Letter to Congressman Dent from Jake Towne
• Health Care Economics Interview with Radio Free Market
• Health Care – An Open Letter to flag@whitehouse.gov
• Health Care: Another Open Letter to Congressman Dent
• Health Care is NOT a Right
• Open Reply to Resident on “Health Care is NOT a Right” Letter to Editor, plus Press Release
• Health Care and the Constitution

B. The Rule of Law and Government Accountability and Transparency

• Our Open Office Plank
• THE OPEN OFFICE – An Open Letter to Congressman Dent
• The Concept of “Our Open Office”
• READ THE BILLS – An Open Letter to Congressman Dent from Jake Towne
• One Subject at a Time – Open Letter to Congressman Dent from Jake Towne
• Money Bomb Results and The Job of a U.S. Representative
• RALLY AT THE BREACH!! – A Note on the U.S. Constitution
• A Declaration of independence and Constitution Class Made Easy

C. Other Assorted

• Veterans Plank
• Right to Bear Arms Plank
• PATRIOT Act Backdoor Extension Passes Congress
• Jake Towne’s Statement on Joe Stack and the IRS Austin Plane Crash
• Open Letter to Congressman Charlie Dent on HR 4061, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009
• Jake Towne Replies to Dent and Callahan on High Electric Bills
• America’s Greatest and Strangest Political Secret
• State of the Union Reaction and Money Market Redemptions Escape Hatch Sealed
• Pennsylvania’s Pension Crisis Approaches
• Abolish the Federal Department of Education!!!
• Social Security’s $700,000 Resort Meeting and the Future
• 4th Amendment Speech Against Lancaster Camera Surveillance
• Scott Brown, Just Another Republocrat
• NAIS – An Open Letter to Congressman Dent from Jake Towne
• The “Other” Party
• An Hypocrisy of Terms: Liberal and Conservative
• Remember, Remember the Fifth of November!!

V. Campaign News

A. Announcements

• Speech at LiberTEA Party and PCN Coverage of Challengers Town Hall
• PRESS RELEASE – “We the People” Fun-Raiser to Compete with White House-Backed Fundraiser
• JohnsonForAmerica.com Interviews Jake Towne
• Towne for Congress Nearly Doubles 2009 Fundraising Total in First Quarter!!!
• Liberty Candidates Money Bomb!
• Money Bomb Results and The Job of a U.S. Representative
• Grassroots “Stop The Wars” Money Bomb March 29
• Towne for Congress Goes International!!!
• Towne for Congress Makes the Front Page!!!
• March Press Clippings
• A Call to Arms – Signature Gathering Kickoff Next Week!!
• Third Newspaper Ad Launch and Grassroots Liberty Money Bomb March 10th!!
• Voters With Change Grassroots Money Bomb Thursday!!!
• February Letters to the Editor
• Interview with Don Harrold
• Liberty Candidates Mourn the Deaths of 1,000 Soldiers in Afghanistan
• Money Bomb Week Raises Over $7,000!!!
• Money Bomb Week Hits $4500! Candidate Offers to Match Donations
• VALENTINE’S 2010: The $20,000 Money Bomb Challenge Week Begins
• Where is My Donation Going? February Report
• Jake Towne Replies to Dent and Callahan on High Electric Bills
• Interviews with the Aaron Proctor Show and Welcome to the Real World
• Open Letter to Congressman Charlie Dent on HR 4061, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009
• Towne for Congress Issues the $20,000 Money Bomb Week Challenge
• Jake Towne Says John Callahan Clueless on Job Recovery
• Judge Napolitano and Jake Towne Interview on FOX Freedom Watch
• Independent Jake Towne Skyrockets to a “Stunningly High” 8% in the Polls
• Towne for Congress Launches Second Half-Page Newspaper Ad!!
• State of the Union Reaction and Money Market Redemptions Escape Hatch Sealed
• PRESS RELEASE – Towne Signs Club for Growth Pledge to “Repeal It!!”
• Talk on Monetary Policy to CC-Upper Perkiomen Valley for Small Government
• PARevolution.com Questionnaire
• PRESS RELEASE – Towne Announces Support of Ron Paul’s HR 4248
• Remarks on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and New Radio Show Announcement!!
• Towne for Congress Releases First Newspaper Ad
• Volunteers Storm the 15th District as Media Exposure Expands
• Boston Tea Party Money Bomb Results and Video of The Government’s “War” on Main Street
• Thanksgiving, Towne Hall and the FDIC Officially Goes Bankrupt
• Remember the Constitution and our Veterans Today
• Speech at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, November 22, 2009
• FOX Freedom Watch Interview with Judge Napolitano!!
• Towne for Congress Invites Dent and Callahan to Debate
• Media Blitz and Press Release on Afghanistan Plank
• Where is My Donation Going? November Report
• “Who Is Jake Towne?” Ad Campaign Launches
• Jake Towne on FOX’s Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano
• Jake Towne on FOX Freedom Watch Today!
• PRESS RELEASE – Congressional Candidate Jake Towne: Stimulus Plan Ineffective in the Lehigh Valley
• Liberty Candidates 2010: The Year of HOPE
• Positive Momentum Builds – Tea Party Slate for 2010
• Interview with the 912 Project Show and Commentary on the Chinese Economy
• Talk on Taxes, Open Office to CEPTA (East Penn Taxpayer’s Association) 15 Sept 2009
• 9/11 Remembered
• Jake Towne’s 912 Candidacy Statement – 912Candidates.org
• PRESS RELEASE – 912 Candidate: Jake Towne – U.S. Congress PA 15th District
• Happy Labor Day from Towne for Congress!
• Jake’s Job Description for 2011-2012
• PRESS RELEASE – Protest Against Privatized Camera Surveillance System in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Jake Towne on “Regaining Our Individual Rights”
• Towne for Congress Files with FEC for 2010 Lehigh Valley Congressional Bid!!!

B. Monthly Reports (Earlier in the campaign monthlies were sent by email only)

• April 2010 Monthly Update
• March Monthly Report, Money Bomb Results, and Bowling for Kids Event
• February 2010 Monthly Report
• Towne for Congress January 2010 Monthly Report
• December 12-13 Flyer Blitz!!! and December’s Monthly Report
• Money Bomb Update, November Monthly, and a Call for Volunteers
• October 2009 Monthly Update

VI. Notable Guest Posts

• The Current Financial Crisis — and After by Dr. Kevin Dowd
• Trade Deficits and Fiat Currencies by Robert Murphy of the Mises Institute
• Economic Aspects of the Pension Problem by Antal Fekete
• The First Anniversary of Hope and Change by Anthony Gregory
• A basic primer and some info about the Federal Reserve–This one’s for the girls! by Sonic Ninja Kitty
• The Relentless Misery of 1.6 Gallons by Jeffrey Tucker
• The Health Care Tax Will Devastate the Working Class by Eric M. Staib of the Mises Institute
• America’s Impending Master Class Dictatorship by Stewart Dougherty
• Jim Quinn – FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH
• Health Care: Why punish those that are prudent, healthy and compassionate? by Chuck Angier on HCSMs