Federal Income Tax Day
On April 15, all citizens of the United States are required to file their Federal Income Tax Forms. Recently, it has become a day during which anti-war activists rally to protest government spending on war and military endeavors. Some even go as far as to not pay their taxes.
Resources
Inspired Faith, Effective Action: Death and Taxes by Alex Winnett(Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Social Justice Blog)
National Campaign for A Peace Tax Fund
War Tax Resistance from War Resisters' League
Henry David Thoreau Spends a Night in Jail
Action
Write to your Congress members and inform them you wish for the military budget to be cut. By cutting government spending, domestic issues such as education, health care, and environmental protection can be fully funded. Or, you can promote the Peace Tax (H.R. 1921).
Unitarian Universalist Association Grounding
Unitarians and Universalists have long rejected paying taxes as a form of protest. Unitarian Paul Revere organized the Boston Tea Party as a form of protesting taxes excised on colonists for debts occurred during the French and Indian War. Henry David Thoreau protested slavery and the Mexican American War by not paying taxes, which ultimately led to his famous night in jail.
In 1972, our General Assembly passed a Business Resolution encouraging members and the UUA to stop paying the Telephone Tax, whose funds went to pay for the war in Vietnam.
Last updated on Thursday, June 19, 2008.
