Author: Breeze Richardson (on behalf of the Peace Resources Committee)

The American Friends Service Committee recently asked Friends to join them in spreading the word about how much of our taxes goes toward military spending:

On April 15, protest the amount of your tax dollars spent on the military. Tax day is just around the corner.  Do you know where your money goes?

Despite a much needed increase in funding for human needs in the FY 2010 budget, military spending still eats up 57% of the total.  This month, we ask you to stage an event outside your local post office on April 15 to protest the amount of tax dollars spent on the military.  We support the President’s decision to put more of the budget toward meeting peoples’ basic needs – that’s one of our core values.  But we also believe in peace. The United States already accounts for about half of the world’s total military spending. To stay true to our values, we must continue to protest the disproportionate amount of money our country invests each year in defense.

Let’s take this opportunity to praise the president for shifting money to necessities like health care, food, and education.  Let’s also use it to show people how much more we could do.  By working together, we can persuade President Obama to cut even more defense funding in next year’s budget.  This month, remind people where their tax dollars are going – good and bad.  You can help!

– Host or attend an event on April 15, 2009.

– Download our resources to help educate your community; we have exciting information you’ll want to share!

Join us on April 15.  Say yes to funding human needs.  Say no to war. Wage peace.

Peace,
Laurie Creasy
American Friends Service Committee

**You can also search for an event near you, in case you’re not up for organizing something, but would like to attend an already scheduled event in support.  

What are your thoughts about Tax Day Protests & the current plan amount of military spending we experience in the United States?