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Community Alliance of Lane County

War Will Not Bring Peace in Afghanistan

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In this Message: Afghanistan Action Alert/Tax Day Rally

Afghanistan Action Alert

What would you buy if you had a million dollars?

As people struggle to stay in their homes and provide health care for their families, we can all think of ways that a million dollars could do a lot of good in our communities. But the Obama administration is spending $1 million per year for each and every soldier in Afghanistan. They've asked Congress for another $33 billion to send 33,000 more troops into a failing war. This $33 billion, on top of $130 billion that was already passed in the budget, isn't making Americans and Afghans safer.

Enough is enough. Call Congress and say it's time to vote against additional funding for the war and to call for an end to the war in Afghanistan.
  • Rep. Peter A. DeFazio at (202) 225-6416
  • Senator Ron Wyden (202) 224-5244
  • Senator Jeff Merkley at (202) 224-3753
Meanwhile, the US is neglecting investments in development that could actually help Afghans - and Americans. Compared to that $1 million spent on every soldier, we are spending just $93 per Afghan on development aid. We could end the war, increase the kind of development spending proven to help stabilize communities and improve living conditions in Afghanistan, and still have billions of dollars left over to rebuild our communities here at home.

Building opposition to this funding is a difficult task, which is why we are teaming up with organizations around the country in this national call-in week to flood Congress with phone calls. We want to make sure our message is clear now, before the administration and members of Congress start back-room deals to gain votes. The more people we can get on the record opposing this funding, the more we show that momentum is on our side and opposition to the war is only getting stronger.
 
(Thanks to Peace Action West for creating this alert)
 
Tax Day Rally

"Taxes for Human Needs not Wall Street and War" 

Tax Day, Thursday, April 15, 11-3 p.m, Noon Rally

Eugene Downtown Post Office

 

Join CALC and Eugene Springfield Solidarity Network -Jobs With Justice, on tax day to call for a reduction in military spending and an increase in funding for education, job creation, universal health care, and other vital services. 

 

 The event features a noon rally with labor singers George Mann and Mark Ross, singers Eva Bagno and Gary Parks, and a preview of the Resisting Militarism Fashion Show.

 

Over 50% of the Federal discretionary budget is devoted to the military. Nine individuals who choose not to fund this part of the budget will be redirecting a total of $ 4,246 of their resisted "war" taxes to 29 organizations. Some of these organizations will be on hand tomorrow to receive their donations.

 

Organizers will provide taxpayers the opportunity to decide where their tax dollars go, by inviting them to participate in a penny poll. 

 

 Additional sponsors include Industrial Workers of the World, Latin America Solidarity Committee, AFSCME Local 3214, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, and Rising Tide. 

 

For more information contact Michael Carrigan at CALC or call  485-1755.