Events: A Post Office Near You! Make the Cost of War Clear

Make the Cost of War Clear

On April 15, it will be Tax Day once again. 28 cents out of every tax dollar goes to war, plus another 23 cents for past wars. Tax Day is a great opportunity for peace groups to reach out to our neighbors and remind them that our economy and public services are being starved to feed the Pentagon and military contractors.

Get a few friends and set up a table outside your Post Office after work on April 15, while people are rushing in to file their tax returns.

• UFPJ member groups have created some great educational materials on where our tax money goes - download these flyers and hand them out.
• Another great idea is the "Penny Poll". Use four jars labeled Housing, Education, Health, and Military, to represent a simplified view of the federal budget. Hand passers-by ten pennies and tell them to pretend they are a member of Congress and to vote to allocate their resources. Then show them how our money is really spent.
• If you can get a wireless connection at your tabling location, bring a laptop and ask passers by to type their federal tax amount into National Priorities Project's interactive tax chart. It will instantly show them how the government is going to spend their money.
• Hand antiwar passersby a cell phone and ask them to call their Congressperson (202-224-3121) then and there.