Narcisse for Governor » Poverty

Defining Results – Disappointed, But Not Discouraged

Managing Editor — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:51:27 +0000

We didn’t get our two percent last night.

So what!

The reasons I ran for governor haven’t changed. Iowa has still lost two Congressional seats in the past 20 years. Our education system is still in real trouble. Poverty in urban and rural Iowa is still unacceptably high.

And last night, corruption prevailed over accountability.

I’m going to take a few days off to rest, go see my daughter’s performance at UNI, take care of some housekeeping duties literally and figuratively, eat some food that’s bad for me.

And then ...

Poverty Cannot Be Addressed Without Accountability

Managing Editor — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 03:55:15 +0000

Davenport, Iowa – Oct 12, 2014 | Jonathan Narcisse, the Iowa Party candidate for Governor, provides opening statements to the Quad Cities Progressive Action for the Common Good forum at Bethel Church in Davenport, Iowa. Organizers invited all candidates to address poverty in Scott County.

“At the end of the day, all the ideas about what others ought to do for us are meaningless, in a culture that is controlled by powerful vested and corrupted elements.”

Jonathan touches on doing for oneself and not seeking solutions ...

Exposing Iowa’s Poverty Wrought by Polk County Political Cartel

Managing Editor — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 18:15:31 +0000

Schedule: “Restoring Iowa to Her People” Policy Presentations Iowa Party: Competing to Win, and Building a Potent State Wide Political Tool

On Monday, September 1, 2014, the Narcisse for Governor Campaign will present “Ending Poverty in Iowa” at 1:00 p.m. at the Mercy Campus Holiday Inn, 1050 – 6th Avenue – Conference Room 109 in Des Moines, Iowa.

This is the first of ten major policy presentations from the campaign in an effort to create awareness and understanding of the impoverishing impact of the Polk County Political Cartel.

A Narcisse administration will, “restore ...

Iowa’s Entitlement Program Exploits Poverty Rather Than Empowering People

Managing Editor — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:54:00 +0000

“We don’t end poverty through entitlement. We end poverty through empowering people to understand their own self worth. We do it through unity, through dignity and work. This is how we address it. Not by exploiting it, in the name of compassion. But, by creating paths to opportunity. I’m tired of making people rich in the name of compassion, while we pay for it.”