The Unknown Candidate: Tax Day! Do you know where your tax dollars are going?

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Tax Day! Do you know where your tax dollars are going?

From WAND comes these interesting tidbits for Tax Day:

When I put that whopping check in the mail on April 15, I like to think of...

small children getting free lunch at school... young men rebuilding houses for poor people on the Gulf Coast... health services for our veterans...

But that's NOT where most of my money goes.

Instead, the government is funnelling OVER HALF the discretionary federal budget to big ole weapons systems and big ole defense contractors.

This year, why not do something about it?

From Tanya Wallace, WAND National Field Director:

In a democracy, we all pitch in to pay for services that we believe the government should provide. Sure, it's no fun to have to pay taxes; but it's the price of maintaining a healthy, prosperous, secure community for all of us.

That's the idea, anyway. Sadly, the reality is somewhat different. And it's not a pretty picture. When you take a good look at what happens to our federal tax dollars, they're going places few people really like. Missile defense. New nuclear weapons. Weapons intended to fight the Soviet Union (remember them?).

So this April, we encourage you to have some fun, and take some action, and shake up the federal budget pie a bit. Here are a few ideas. Let us know what you've got planned!