[Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go

[Brian Good]

Hi Curt,

I have to respectfully disagree with your claim that the
budgetary issue is a selfish one.  I've been so swamped lately
that I completely forgot, but my intention for months had
been to produce the linked essay as a leaflet for the tax-filing
crowds at the post office.

It claims that the tax-budget pie we're all familiar with is wrong,
and that actually 67% of every tax dollar goes to the military.
Military spending is conventionally under-reported because
many military expenses such as veterans' care, service of military
debt, and the Atomic Energy Commission are left out of the
military budget.  Also, trust-funded programs such as Social
Security and Medicare are counted as government expenditures
when they should be left out of the tax-funded pie.

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050605/NEWS/506050332/1030/FEATURES15&template=printart

Let's all do all we can to derail the war machine that is blighting
the planet, including educating the taxpayers about its true cost!

Brian



>From: "Curt Wechsler" <wechslertoo at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: wechslertoo at earthlink.net
>To: "Michael Fischetti" <drpesto at hotmail.com>, sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
>Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go
>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:02:59 -0700
>
>OK, this is not going to make any fans, but...
>
>with close to 800,000 civilian deaths in Iraq (more than estimated deaths
>in Dafur), I think this approach is very selfish.  War crimes should take
>precedence to budgetary issues.  There's a world out there folks.
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Michael Fischetti <drpesto at hotmail.com>
> > To: <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
> > Date: 4/16/2007 5:17:18 PM
> > Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > >*
> > >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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