ORLANDO, Fla. — In combination with fellow House of Representatives members including Ron Paul, Walter Jones, Dennis Kucinich, Lynne Woolsey, Barbara Lee, and John Conyers, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) on May 21st introduced a bill entitled “The War Is Making You Poor Act.” If passed, this legislation would stop funding for the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan and use those revenues to eliminate federal taxes on the the first $35,000 of income, or $70,000 for couples.
According to information provided by the office of Rep. Grayson, more than $159,000,000,000 will be allocated in the federal budget to pay for continued occupation and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. If this line item was eliminated, it would not only provide the proposed tax break, it would reduce the federal deficit by more than $15 billion.
Instead of continuing to pay for these wars, Rep. Grayson advocates these funds be used for public education, infrastructure, and personal mortgage relief. If these sound like good ideas to you, his office proposes that you contact your elected officials and urge them to support “The War Is Making You Poor Act.”
A petition has also been generated to support this measure, which has collected over 45,000 signatures at this point.
To sign the petition,go to http:www.TheWarIsMakingYouPoor.com
