nuclear disarmament] It's time government explained to citizens how their tax money is used

 

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Jonathan King

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Massachusetts Peace Action Newsletter

Dear Colleague, President Trump and his Republican allies have already begun to cut federal programs critical to our health and welfare, while proposing provocative and wasteful increases in Pentagon spending. Unfortunately, few citizens have a clear grasp of the spending allocations in the Congressional budget (see pie chart below for 2015 spending). Even fewer understand how changes in these programs alter the federal tax dollars returned to Massachusetts. Click here to support Revenue Information and Accountability. As a first step in arming our citizens to respond to Congressional budget actions, Representatives Mike Connolly and Denise Provost, and State Senator Pat Jehlen, have filed a bill to instruct the Secretary of Administration and Finance to provide this key information to Massachusetts taxpayers. If this Act is passed by our State Legislature, the Congressional budget information in the piechart for subsequent years would be sent to taxpayers, together with the estimated changes following from federal and Congressional budget authorizations.   Please email your State Representative and State Senator asking them to cosponsor this important legislation. Then, telephone them and make the same request.  Click here to see the name and telephone number of your representative and senator, and a suggested message.   Yours for a People's Budget, Jonathan King Co-chair, Economic & Social Justice Working Group P.S. It's time for Revenue Information and Accountability.  Write your state legislators today!

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