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AUSTIN TAXPAYERS FOR
PEACE
"Let them march all
they want, just so long as they pay their taxes." --Secretary of State
General Al Haig, 1982
Did
you know that the projected Pentagon budget for 2006 is a whopping $643 billion?
Or that 50% of your federal income taxes go for military spending? (War
Resisters League) Meanwhile, human needs funding gets slashed. This is
taxation without representation, the reason for the Boston Tea Party over 231 years
ago. It’s time for an
Austin Tea Party!
Austin Taxpayers for Peace is a campaign of low-risk,
symbolic war tax resistance. By joining, you make a powerful personal statement
for nonviolence. Helping de-fund war through collective direct action could
send a powerful message to the public and decisionmakers that Austinites want
their taxes to affirm life, not death. By joining
Austin Taxpayers for Peace, you make a powerful personal statement for
nonviolence. Helping de-fund war through collective direct action could send a
powerful message to the public and decision makers that Austinites want their
taxes to affirm life, not death. Here's how to R.E.S.I.S.T.:
R
efuse
to pay a symbolic $10.40 of your
2004 federal income tax by deducting it from this year’s tax payment (If you've
already filed, you can still send in the $10.40.
E
nclose
a note of explanation with your
tax return (but do NOT change the figures on the form or alter it in any
way, including not stapling anything to the tax form).
You may like to use the new
Peace
Tax Return form.
S
end
the $10.40 to
ACOMT, which will pool the funds and
redirect them to aid a local and a national
or an international peace or humanitarian cause. (NOTE: Please contact
ACOMT before doing this, as we have not set up a way to accept the funds and are
waiting to see how many people participate.)
I
nform
your elected officials about your decision to resist the war
machine by sending them a copy of the above letter. To find your
representative, go
here for Texas or
here for the rest of the U.S.
S
upport
the
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Bill (formerly H.R. 2037) by writing
Congress a
letter.
T
ell
your friends, family and colleagues about Austin Taxpayers for Peace. FULL-DISCLOSURE
DISCLAIMER: A
C O M T offers all
the information on this site on an as-is, at-your-own risk basis for educational
purposes and assumes no liability for its use. War
tax resistance is a form of civil disobedience and as such is not legal.
However, the risks of this particular action are very low. Some who have
tried this around the US have received threatening letters from the IRS.
Those who appealed a “frivolous
filing” fine had it dismissed. See the
list of Questions
and Answers, including information about the risks from
similar campaigns, including what to do if you do not owe any taxes.
Still need more info? Call
A C O M T at (512) 467-2946 or email peacetax_tx[at]yahoo.com.
Join Austin Taxpayers for Peace.
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