Upcoming Events
Tax Justice - Where should our taxes go?
Tax Day, Monday, April 15, 2019, 6-8:00 pm
Northwest Community Center, 5110 Franklin Avenue, Des Moines
Tulsi Gabbard, candidate for President, and critic of the use of the military for regime change ventures, will be with us to speak to our concerns. All other candidates have been invited and may contribute by video.
We ask them to speak to these questions:
We ask them to speak to these questions:
- War and military action have led to gigantic military expenditures and huge obligations in future budgets to service debt and provide crucial care for our veterans. Do you support reducing U.S. military spending and increasing spending for urgent social and human needs? What spending cuts or tax increases do you propose to accomplish this change in priorities?
- In light of recurring environmental disasters, like the floods currently being experienced in Iowa and Nebraska, how do we better use our tax dollars to prevent and mitigate the effects of the climate crisis?
- In the United States, income and wealth inequality of greatly increased over the past 50 years, while money in politics has led to greatly diminished tax burden on the wealthy. Do you agree that this is a priority to be addressed in federal tax policy? What specific tax changes would you propose to address the problem?