Comments on: Which wars are we resisting?

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 26 May 2016 18:24:32 +0000

And I just realized that our publication War Tax Resistance at a Glance includes this statement, "Some WTRs define war narrowly, such as formal military engagement between nation-states. Other WTRs include what many refer to as the “war at home,” encompassing institutional violence and the marginalizing of certain communities through lack of funding, militarization of police forces and border guards, prisons and violence in the criminal justice system, immigration forces, the “intelligence” community, etc."

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 26 May 2016 18:20:41 +0000

In reply to Edward Kale.

To be clear, it’s that all US taxpayers together are paying $1.5 trillion. According to the National Priorities Project,
“For Department of Defense in FY2015, taxpayers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are paying $1.35 billion, not including the cost of war.” I guess that means if you factor in contingency war spending it’s even more!

By: john melvin klotz

john melvin klotz — Thu, 26 May 2016 18:12:31 +0000

we MUST focus until DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION IN THE UNITED STATES, TERRITORIES, AND ARMED FORCES on such ABOLITION and solidarity with MURDER VICTIMS FAMILIES FOR RECONCILIATION, PRISONER VISITATION AND SUPPORT (Sr., Helen Prejean & network) and the death penalty abolition network NOW! We’ve been acting like “FDR and “THE ALLIES” SAYING “abolish war AND ‘all will be o.k.'”!! HOW IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EVER GOING TO DO ALL IT CAN TO HELP ABOLISH WAR AS LONG AS IT FAILS TO FOLLOW ISRAEL’S GOOD EXAMPLE **ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY!!!!!!!” JMK klotzjm120@yahoo.com

By: Edward Kale

Edward Kale — Thu, 26 May 2016 14:07:59 +0000

Thanks, Erica, for your article.
You write that Philidelphia area “taxpayers hand over $1.5 trillion in war taxes….” Unbelievable, isn’t it? I wish I could have been there with you. I, too, cannot pay taxes for all that “war.” Perhaps our slogan should be “deliver us from evil.”

By: Donald D. Kaufman

Donald D. Kaufman — Thu, 26 May 2016 13:30:33 +0000

Completed reading this email report. It is obvious to me that persons are motivated to be partners in the NWTRCC program by issues that get their personal attention. I am currently creating a donation of a dozen boxes to the Bethel College Archives (North Newton, KS) on the theme of “Redirecting War Taxes” which I hope will inspire others to do more research in finding viable methods of resisting the government’s agenda of controlling and killing people. — Donald D. Kaufman (donelkaufman@gmail.com). May 26, 2016.