Federal Budget

Tax Day/ GDAMS resources 2012

Tax day Kansas City

Volunteers in Kansas City protest during Tax Day.

Volunteers in Kansas City protest during Tax Day.

Tax Day 2012 is also the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS), April 17, 2012.  AFSC will be joining partners in 35 countries around the world and cities all over the US to call for cuts to the military buget and for funding for vital human needs and job creation.

Tell Congress They Must Cut Military Spending

Under last year’s deficit deal, military and domestic programs are supposed to be cut equally over the next ten years. Already this agreement would disproportionately affect domestic programs, as the military budget has doubled since 2001, not even including the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Tell Congress They Must Cut Military Spending

Des Moines Examines the Federal Budget

Jeffrey Weiss

Jeffrey Weiss is Executive Director of Catholic Peace Ministry in Des Moines and the former Peace Education Director for AFSC in Iowa.

By Jeffrey J. Weiss

On December 7, 33 people representing various organizations gathered at the Quaker Friends Meeting House to discuss the 2010 U.S. Federal Budget.

If I Had a Trillion Dollars Youth Film Festival

The American Friends Service Committee and National Priorities Project are excited to offer young people a chance to lift their voice by submitting a video to the If I Had a Trillion Dollars National Youth Film Festival.

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Occupy Signs

AFSC Occupy sign in Chicago march

sign that says "Speak Truth to Power"

AFSC "Speak Truth to Power" sign for the Occupy movement.

Download these signs to show support for the Occupy movement in your area.  The text on the signs uplifts AFSC principles and federal budget priority policy goals that are resonant with the Occupy movement.  You can take these to your local copy or sign shop and have them reproduced, or print them out at home.

There are 2 sizes:  11x17 or 18x24

  • Speak Truth to Power
  • Tax the Rich and Corporations
  • End the Wars and Military Spending
  • Invest in Jobs and People

Call Congress Now: Make the Federal Budget Reflect Our Values

As thousands protest the government's skewed priorities in the streets of New York and cities across the country, the twelve legislators on the "super committee" hold immense power over the US federal budget. They are  preparing to make recommendations that could impact us all for many years to come.

Complete Move the Money Toolkit

Download the full toolkit for a comprehensive set of tools to help your community work for better federal budget priorities. Toolkit includes background on the Super Committee, fact sheets, suggestions about how to work with the media, how to talk with members of Congress and ask them questions, and how to get a resolution passed in your community to encouraging Congress to support programs that fund our needs at home instead of the military. You can also download just parts of the toolkit.

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Move the Money Action Toolkit

Just as peace is more than the absence of war, national security is more than planes and bombs; it includes jobs, schools, housing, and healthcare.

AFSC is calling for:

Bring the War Dollars Home Resolution, Northhampton, MA

Northampton MA Resolution 2/13/11

A Resolution of the Northampton Democratic City Committee

 

Calling Upon Our Elected Representatives in Congress to End the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Bring Our Troops and Tax Dollars Home.

Move the Money sample litanies

FAITHFUL BUDGET VIGILS

From July 11-August 3, daily Faithful Budget vigils were held outside the United Methodist Building on Capitol Hill.

 

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AFSC has office around the world. To see a complete list see the Where We Work page.

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