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The War Resisters League's famous "pie chart" flyer analyzes the Federal Fiscal Year 2013 Budget (released in February 2012). Perfect for Tax Day!
Each year, War Resisters League analyzes federal funds outlays as presented in detailed tables in "Analytical Perspectives" of the Budget of the United States Government. Our analysis is based on federal funds, which do not include trust funds -- such as Social Security -- that are raised separately from income taxes for specific purposes. What you pay (or don't pay) by April 15, 2012 goes to the federal funds portion of the budget.
Download the FY2013 (Released Feb 2012) Pie Chart Flyer in English, in color (pdf)
Download the FY2013 (Released Feb 2012) Pie Chart Flyer in English, in black & white (pdf)
Download the FY2013 (Released Feb 2012) Pie Chart Flyer in Spanish, in color (pdf)
Download the FY2013 (Released Feb 2012 Pie Chart flyer in Spanish, in black & white (pdf)
TAKE ACTION: What You Can Do
Leaflet with this flyer now, on Tax Day (April 17, 2012), and in the months before a new budget is passed in October.
Teach with the curriculum Bombs and Budgets: Tools for Reclaiming Communities from Militarism. Produced by War Resisters League and the South Asia Solidarity Initiative. Download for free from warresisters.org/resources.
Write elected officials and local newspapers. Send them copies of this flyer. Demand that the Pentagon budget be slashed.
Protest with your money! Sign up at wartax boycott.org. Refuse to pay all or part of your federal income tax. Whatever you choose to refuse—$1, $10, or a percentage—send a letter to elected officials and tell them why. Though illegal, thousands of people openly participate in this form of protest. Contact us for information or referral to a counselor near you. Contribute resisted tax money to organizations that support the common good.
Watch Death & Taxes, a 30-min. film featuring war tax resisters from across the country. Online at nwtrcc.org/deathandtaxes.php.
For more about refusing to pay for war, contact the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, PO Box 150553, Brooklyn, NY 11215, (800) 269-7464, nwtrcc.org. Support the Peace Tax Fund bill: peacetaxfund.org.
Support military personnel who refuse to fight in wars for profit. For more information see ivaw.org or girightshotline.org. Call the GI Rights Hotline if you are in the military and need help: (877) 447-4487.
Follow the good information at warcosts.com and watch the videos at rethinkafghanistan.com.
Join the New Priorities Network, newprioritiesnetwork.org. Participate in the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, demilitarize.org, which falls on tax day, April 17, 2012.
Read and use War Tax Resistance: A Guide to Withholding Your Support from the Military, 144-page handbook with history, methods and resources.
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For Pie Charts from previous years, check out the Pie Chart Archives
The War Resisters League spends a lot of time, energy and money to create this resource. Please credit when using. For permissions to reprint, email us at wrl [at] warresisters.org
