Please join us on Saturday, April 13, from 10 to 11:30 AM on the Walpole Common, bringing attention to how our U.S. tax dollars are used. April 15 is right around the corner, the day our Federal tax returns are due. On Saturday, we will be holding a 20 foot “Budget Banner”.
The banner is comprised of multiple colored segments, graphically illustrating the federal government’s discretionary budget, including military, education, health and human services, housing, justice, labor, and environment. The length of each segment is proportional to the size of that program’s budget, clearly showing how much is spent for each. Discretionary spending accounts for $1.15 trillion of the proposed 2013 budget. The banner gives visual significance to the large amount the US spends on the Pentagon programs and the military. Our country spends more on the military than the next 13 biggest military spenders in the world, combined. The banner also illustrates how tiny are the portions going to social services, programs that are important to each one of us.
The banner also serves to remind us that the sequester cuts to these already underfunded programs will be disastrous. Already, the legislators in Washington have slashed Meals on Wheels, Head Start, Housing, Education, Fuel Assistance, Unemployment, Health Programs, AIDS Housing, and family violence prevention. Now the President wants to cut even more vital programs and cut Social Security benefits. Please stop by the Walpole Common this Saturday to stand against cuts to critical social programs or to get a leaflet that further explains the distribution of our tax returns.
The Budget for All! Campaign and other groups are holding a vigil on Tax Day, Tuesday, April 16, to say:
Stop the Cuts!
When: 11 am
Where: Tip O’Neill Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, Boston – North Station (Green Line)
See the following link for more information: http://www.masspeaceaction.org/home/files/Tax%20Day%20Leaflet.pdf
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