The scene: Just outside City Hall Park, NYC on Thursday, June 30 at lunchtime. Two people are voting with 20 pennies each -- as another, her vote in our gizmo tubes already, leaves reading the War Resister’s League info on where taxes are actually spent. A third volunteer contemplates his vote. This family from ‘way … Continue reading How Do We Want Our Tax Dollars Spent?
DO NOT USE NYC TAX DOLLARS FOR JROTC!
A voter calling to ask City Council to eliminate the approximately $2 million of taxpayer funds allocated to support the JROTC program in NYC high schools. Hon. Robert Jackson 250 Broadway Rm. 1747 New York, NY 10007 Re: elimination of funding for JROTC in the FY 2011 budget Dear Councilmember Jackson: The undersigned organizations write … Continue reading DO NOT USE NYC TAX DOLLARS FOR JROTC!
CITY COUNCIL VOTE DUE SOON Tell them – STOP FUNDING J-ROTC
Through the J-ROTC program over $2,000,000 of our City Tax Levy is teaching children in 19 high schools how to be a soldier. Because few voters know about this particular misuse of their tax dollars we took to the streets with signs, flyers, cell phones and the very helpful THEY REPRESENT YOU booklet from the … Continue reading CITY COUNCIL VOTE DUE SOON Tell them – STOP FUNDING J-ROTC
Mothers Day Peace Stroll
On May 8, 2011 the Granny Peace Brigade and CodePink went for the 5th annual Mothers Day Peace stroll through Central Park. (Click on the photos for larger images.) We started off at Columbus Circle with songs by the Raging Grannies. See and hear them in action. Who is always one of the first to … Continue reading Mothers Day Peace Stroll
Upper West Siders Have Their Say
The lovely park outside the 1-2-3 Subway stop at 72nd and Broadway was the scene of our latest Penny Poll. (Click on photos for larger images.) We asked neighborhood residents their opinion about how their tax dollars should be spent and each person deposited 20 pennies into some or all of the Gizmo's eight … Continue reading Upper West Siders Have Their Say
Adults and Students Disagree on Allocation of Tax Dollars
This week when we set up Ms. Gizmo in Brooklyn near Borough Hall we attracted the attention of a new group of voters. Montessori students from all over the country were visiting with their teachers, and several groups stopped to vote in the penny poll and discuss tax dollar allocation. (Click on the photos for … Continue reading Adults and Students Disagree on Allocation of Tax Dollars
Demonstration for Peace, April 9th
This is the Union Square scene and the people who heard Vinie Burroughs’ speech. (Click on the photos for larger images.) Our Philadelphia Granny Peace Brigade friends joined us. Here they are with Corinne listening to the speakers in Union Square. Resting away from the high volume of the speakers, I found two of many … Continue reading Demonstration for Peace, April 9th
Brooklyn Votes Against War Spending
Brooklynites began thinking about taxes when they saw our Penny Poll. Ms. Gizmo attracted a crowd, including small children, and everyone thought carefully about where they wanted their tax dollars to go. We provided twenty pennies to each voter and asked them to divide the pennies among eight tubes, representing categories in the Federal Budget. … Continue reading Brooklyn Votes Against War Spending
WE ARE ONE – April 9, 2011
WE ARE ONE, one with the people of Egypt, Yemen and Palestine. WE ARE ONE in opposing the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan. WE ARE ONE with the 5 million people of Libya who, in the first days of the humanitarian military action, were attacked by 161 Tomahawk Cruise missiles. Each cruise missile costing more … Continue reading WE ARE ONE – April 9, 2011
Ms. Gizmo Goes to College
The GPB and CodePink went to Hunter College with Ms. Gizmo on V-Day and International Women's Day. We invited students and teachers to vote their tax preferences using a package of 20 pennies as their vote. We told them to imagine they were Congresspeople distributing 20 billion dollars among our eight categories. The results of … Continue reading Ms. Gizmo Goes to College
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