american as apple pie


This is where your tax money is being spent, according to the War Resisters League. You can read the detail data at http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm. Why do we tolerate this, and how do we stop it?

I just finished e-filing over the weekend. It is always a good feeling to get this odious task done because I get some of my money back. I get more back this year due to investment losses, which is small consolation. But it is a short-lived good feeling when I think about where the rest of my tax dollars are going, a pretty hefty pile of which goes, directly or indirectly, to killing people. Doing my taxes serves as a reminder to up my charitable giving, to put my money where I want it to go and keep the war machine's bloody hands off some small portion of my miniscule piece of the pie.
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LH said…
thanks for posting this chart. it's really appalling.
I will check out that website.

I was just thinking I need to pull out the old "war is not the answer" sign that's been in the basement. we're going into year 3 here and it doesn't seem like anything's going to change any time soon.

we need a happy hour soon?
ros is getting the hang of the driving thing. yay.
9:58 AM
Julie Anna said…
Yes! Happy hour! I am so in need of happy hour. One lunch a month is not nearly enough time for three women to talk about everything that is pissing us off. We didn't even get around to significant others last time! I am becoming more and more upset about war and trying to decide what I can do about it before the next elections roll around and we can get this bozo out of office. Glad to hear Ros is taking to driving. Andy is getting a bit better at figuring out where he is going, but where there is improvement, there is pain.
2:34 PM
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