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    Where Does Your Tax Money Go?

    Tax Day in the United States is April 15th. As you furrow your brow and dig through the panoply of
    tax forms, take a moment to reflect on how your money is being spent.

    PENTAGON BUDGET THE BIG PICTURE


    For Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, the Obama Military investment is not limited to the
    administration has requested a base budget of Pentagon alone. War Resisters International has
    $548.9 billion for the Department of Defense, as calculated that when you factor in nuclear
    well as an additional $159.3 billion for “Overseas weapons maintenance, militarized sectors of the
    State Department, veterans’ benefits, interest
    Contingency Operations,” i.e., for the wars in Iraq
    accrued on the national debt incurred during
    and Afghanistan. This amounts to a total of some
    wartime, and other non-Pentagon military
    $708.3 billion for the Pentagon. spending, U.S. military expenditures total some
    $1.4 trillion, or fully 48% of federal tax
    In current dollars, this Pentagon spending alone
    amounts to a 124% increase over the last 10
    revenue. Even adjusted for inflation, this
    years. This will likely be the number reported by represents the largest U.S. military
    SIPRI, but it is hardly the only cost of war making budget at any time since World War
    imposed on the taxpayer! II.

    From the DoD comptroller Learn more from WRI.

    WHAT CAN YOU DO?


    Demand that your money be invested elsewhere! On April 12th, 2011, join us for a Global Day
    of Action on Military Spending. Join activists from all over the world in calling attention to
    the massive disparity between money spent on the military and money invested in public health,
    social priorities, or the environment. Here in the U.S., we’ll be advocating for using our tax
    dollars for people, not war. We’ll be organizing demonstrations, street theater, seminars, and
    whatever else we can come up with to educate the public and put pressure on policy makers. Join
    the Institute for Policy Studies, the International Peace Bureau, and dozens of
    our partners in our global movement. Find out how you can get involved at demilitarize.org.
    www.newprioritiesnetwork.org
    www.demilitarize.org

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