[act-ma] [UJP] As Debt Ceiling "Crisis" Renews and Sequester Axe Falls, Say No to Cuts!

[United for Justice with Peace]

UJP: As Debt Ceiling "Crisis" Renews and Sequester Axe Falls, Say No to Cuts!  
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======== AS DEBT CEILING "CRISIS" RENEWS AND SEQUESTER AXE FALLS, SAY NO TO
         CUTS! ===============================================================

======== WE PAID /OUR  /TAXES...
         WHY ARE VITAL SERVICES BEING CUT, AND
         WHY IS THE PRESIDENT PROPOSING CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE? 

Budget cutters in Washington have already slashed Meals on Wheels, Head  
Start, Housing, Education, Fuel Assistance, Unemployment, Health Programs,  
AIDS Housing, and family violence prevention. Jobs are ending. Now the  
President wants to cut even more vital programs.

*But there is an alternative.*

-------- 1. END CORPORATE TAX BREAKS! ----------------------------------------

Very high income people and giant corporations get hundreds of billions of  
dollars a year in tax breaks through loopholes and offshore tax shelters. The  
CEOs of Bank of America, Citibank, and Verizon are key members of Fix the  
Debt, a corporate group pushing for big cuts in critical public programs and  
even lower corporate taxes.

-------- 2. REDIRECT PENTAGON SPENDING TO JOBS AND VITAL PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE! 

The US war budget is greater than the military spending of the next 10  
largest military powers combined. Much of it funds destructive wars like  
Iraq, wasteful weapons systems like the F-35, and keeping us in Afghanistan  
for years to come.

======== JOIN US ON THURSDAY, MAY 16, TO SAY:
         STOP THE CUTS! ======================================================

*When: 12 noon
Tip O’Neill Federal Building,* 10 Causeway Street, Boston – North  
Station (Green Line) Regional Headquarters for the Social Security  
Administration and Housing & Urban Development.
We’ll also visit tax dodgers *Bank of America, Citibank,* and *Verizon *at  
6 Bowdoin Square, Boston.

*Sponsoring organizations:* Budget for All Coalition; Mass. AFL-CIO; Mass.  
Jobs with Justice; AFGE/Local 3258 AFL-CIO; SEIU Locals 615 & 888; Mass.  
Alliance of HUD Tenants; American Friends Service Committee; Mass. Peace  
Action; Disability Policy Consortium; Sierra Club – Boston; Boston Workers  
Alliance; ACTUP/Boston; Veterans for Peace; Homes for Families; Dorchester  
People for Peace; United for Justice with Peace; Boston Coalition to Fund Our  
Communities-Cut Military Spending 25%; Women’s International League for  
Peace & Freedom; Human Rights City Boston & Beyond; Survivors Inc.; SEIU  
Local 509 Lavender Caucus; Brookline PAX; Worcester Unemployed Action Group  
(list in formation)

Last November Massachusetts voted 3 to 1 to: *Create jobs, Save vital  
services, Tax rich individuals and corporations, End the war* and *Cut pork  
from the Pentagon*.
Download the Flyer [1]

11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138
www.budget4allmass.org [2] – 617-354-2169

  

United for Justice with Peace [3] is a coalition of peace and justice  
organizations and community peace groups in the Greater Boston region. The  
UJP Coalition, formed after September 11th, seeks global peace through social  
and economic justice.

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617-383-4857 www.justicewithpeace.org [6] Upcoming Events:  Roots of  
Liberty: The Haitian Revolution and the American Civil War [7] Sat May 4  
5:00pm Tremont Temple Boston Life in Occupied Palestine [8] Tue May 7 6:30pm  
Beverly Library Beverly Music for Peace (Rescheduled) [9] Sat May 11 7:30pm  
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church Cambridge Mother's Day Walk for Peace  
[10] Sun May 12 8:00am Town Field Park Dorchester Rally: Stop the Cuts, End  
Corporate Tax Breaks, and Redirect Pentagon Spending! [11] Thu May 16 12:00pm  
Tip O'Neil Federal Building Boston When Martin Luther King Jr. Came to  
Cambridge [12] Mon May 20 7:00pm Christ Church Cambridge Cambridge Peace  
Contingent in Dorchester Day Parade [13] Sun Jun 2 12:00pm Dorchester  
Plastic, Plastic and More Plastic: Watertown Citizens Annual Meeting [14] Sun  
Jun 2 5:30pm The Apartments at Coolidge School Watertown
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