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How the Pie Chart Figures Were Determined – FY2012
How These Figures Were Determined “Current military” includes Dept. of Defense ($707 billion) and the military portion from other departments as noted in current military box above ($162 billion). “Past military” represents veterans’ benefits plus 80% of the interest on the debt.* For further explanation, please go to www.warresisters.org. These figures are from an analysis…
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Wall Street = War Street
Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes – FY2013 (Released in Feb 2012) Once again “mission accomplished” was announced, and the Iraq War was declared over in 2011. U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Afghanistan in 2013, yet Pentagon spending continues virtually unabated. More than 200,000 private contractors, hired by corporations with Pentagon money, carry…
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How the Pie Chart Figures Were Determined – FY2013
How These Figures Were Determined Because the President is late with the Fiscal Year 2014 budget, and Congress has not passed the FY2013 budget (was to begin Oct. 1, 2012), the figures in the large pie chart are projections from tables in Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2013 (published Feb….
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FY2012 WRL PIE CHART FLYER – Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes
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 The War Resisters League’s famous “pie chart” flyer analyzes the Federal Budget. The Fiscal Year 2012 Pie Chart was released in February 2011. FY2012 PIE…- Economy
Statement on #Occupy from members of the WRL Organizing Network
Statement on #Occupy from members of the WRL Organizing Network* Unemployment, foreclosures, businesses closing, millions hungry, the sick who cannot afford a doctor–this is what we have now, and for our children. The economic disaster comes from greed and lust for power. All of us are susceptible to those feelings, but those with money and…
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Pie Chart Flyers – Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes
ORDER NOW!HOW YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE USEDThe new War Resisters League’s annual “pie chart” flyer, Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes, analyzes the Federal Fiscal Year 2025 Budget (FY 2025 is 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025). This FY2025 issue was published in March 2024.Each year War Resisters League analyzes federal funds outlays…
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WRL Pie Chart Resources for Educators and Activists!
Below are educational resources–from role plays to handouts to conversation starters to group activities–designed to help you put the WRL Tax Day flyer into practice, whether on the street as you hand it out, in community groups, or in classrooms. These were created in partnership with the Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA). Role…
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World’s #1 Employer Seeks Endless War
From Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes, FY2014 (Released Feb 2013) Millions of workers in the United States live off the Pentagon and its contracts. The 3.2 million DoD employees include active military, civilians, National Guard, and Reserves. But there are another 600,000 contract employees. About 1,600,000 supply the military with food, health insurance,…
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What is Urban Shield?! Infosheet
Urban Shield is on September 11th to 14th: Let’s kick Urban Shield out of Pleasanton, CA! Need popular education material to break down what Urban Shield is? Print out this flyer & pass around to your community! [Link to download Infosheet below: Spanish & English available]
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No violence. No exceptions. No exceptionalism.
As the days that unfold before us mimic a time over a decade ago when the devastating War on Terror began with US occupation of Afghanistan, we mourn because it is makes us human. For those in Raqqa. For those in Tunis. For those in Yola and Kano, in Ankara, in Beirut, in Baghdad, in…
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