[Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go

[Michael Fischetti]

mountain view voices for peace will be having it annual (ugh) tax day 
protest tuesday 4/17 at the post office in mountain view at hope and dana 
street from 10 am - midnight --

it is a great way to engage the citizenry - lots of handouts  - everyone is 
invited to show up a do a shift  --- it has been fun and educational and we 
reach a lot of people  - another way to be anti war


mike f


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>Folks,
>
>This is FYI on the news release I've sent to three newspapers and four TV 
>stations.
>
>Fred
>
>Here is a TAX DAY news tip to: KPIX-TV
>.
>From:  Fred Duperrault, 650-691-1215 and fredd at freeshell.org  of
>Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP)
>
>
>News Item:  WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO?
>
>On Tuesday, April 17,  graphic examples of how your federal taxes are
>spent will  be displayed in front of the Mountain View U.S. Post Office
>between  10:30 am and 6:00 pm. ( The Mountain View P.O. is located on
>the corner of Villa and Hope Streets, one block south of the CalTrain -
>VTA transportation hub.)
>
>The "WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO?"  demonstration is an annual action of the
>Mountain View Voices for Peace group (MVVP).  Much information from the
>National Priorities Project and other tax research entities is made
>available to the P.O. patrons on Tax Day.
>
>One of the displays illustrates the shocking size of the five year cost
>of the IRAQ WAR with a pile of PINTO BEANS one millionth the size of
>$500 billion, the cost of the war.
>
>Each visitors will receive a souvenir PINTO BEAN representing $1,000,000.
>A pile of 500,000 PINTO BEANS will help apprehend how much
>$500,000,000,000 really is.
>
>Contact person:  Fred Duperrault, (650) 691-1215 or  fredd at freeshell.org
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