PENTAGON PAYDAY ACTION, April 15 !!

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Subject: Re: PENTAGON PAYDAY ACTION, April 15 !!!

timothy s walker, PEACE STUDIES <peace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 14:29:58
> >To: listproc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >From: timothy s walker <tswalke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: PENTAGON PAYDAY ACTION, April 15 !!!
> >
> >To: Student Activist and Campus Groups who focus on Peace and Social
> Justice Issues
> >Re: PENTAGON PAYDAY!!!!!! Tax Day Protest!!!!!! Call For Action!!!!!!
> >
> >Each year College and University students are faced with cutbacks from the
> federal government which endanger our ability to continue to be
> students...from financial aid to post educational programs our futures are
> disappearing. In less than a month the Pentagon will have a annual payday,
> April 15, Tax Day.
> >
> >In 1995, 54 cents of every tax dollar for discretionary spending went
> toward military expenditures and military related interest on the debt. At
> the same time 8.15 cents went to education, training, employment, and social
> services. In 1996, with the increased military budget, military expenditures
> will probably increase.
> >
> >Join with Illinois State University Peace Studies Committee and the Peace
> Action National Campus Network in a day of ACTION on PENTAGON PAYDAY, April
> 15, 1996. This is a open call for action, which can involve any type of
> protest or educational event. Your group can flier, table, march, etc......
> If possible plan the event for the 15th of April, on Campus or at the local
> Post Office, this will maximize the media outlets for the event. Involve the
> media in your event if possible, and forward any press clippings to the
> Peace Action National Office. This is a National Event and your groups
> participation will benefit this ACTION!!!
> >
> >If your group will sign on as a co-sponsor of the National PENTAGON PAYDAY
> - Tax Day Protest, the National Peace Action office will send your group 2
> free bumper stickers, with pro-peace slogans, and also provide your group
> with an easily adapted flier to customize for your groups use on protest day.
> >
> >To sign on as a co-sponsor send a E-mail with your groups address (land) to
> <tswalke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Please include what type of action or event
> your group will be doing. If you would like to join the Peace Action
> National Campus Network please indicate so in your response.
> >
> >It is up to us to educate our peers about the truth...
> >PENTAGON PAYDAY - TAX PROTEST - April 15, 1996...
> >
> >Tim Walker
> >President Illinois State University Peace Studies Committee
> >Informational Source: OMB, "Budget of the U.S. Government, FY 1995"
> >