[Street] Tax Day -Ultra Working Group?!

Alexander Suarez suarezalexander at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 21 14:47:37 EST 2012


am glad to see comrade that you are involved in occupy will be back in boston soon we should meet up. the tax the rich idea is important, part of our struggle is a economic one, in particular with the 1% who run half the nation's wealth.
                     

--- On Tue, 2/21/12, Joshua Koritz <joshua.koritz at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Joshua Koritz <joshua.koritz at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Street] Tax Day -Ultra Working Group?!
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Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 10:45 AM

Hi all,

Are there planning meetings for this action?  

I'd suggest also to add something along the lines of "Tax the super rich and big corporations: End budget cuts!"

best,
-josh



On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 17:27, Daria Casinelli <casinellidaria at gmail.com> wrote:


From George Lee:
FYI Right to the City, the coalition that did the major action on September 30 against Bank of America, is holding a major action on Tuesday, April 17 (tax day this year). I hope folks can support that event.




Peace, community, justice,
- George

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Aria Littlhous <casinellidaria at gmail.com> wrote:



Occupy JP is proposing to form an Intra-Occupy Tax Day Working Group.

Please contact us if you would like to participate! There are two

important issues to resolve immediately:



*What are our demands?

*What about the Tea Party Rally at the Boston Common Bandstand on

4/15?



Details below. We welcome your comments and input. Eight weeks and

counting.



A.



Our two discussions have included a report back on information already

gathered, things to think about and two possible draft demands to get

the ball rolling.



Draft Demand:



1.      The gargantuan and labyrinthine nature of the tax code inherently

favors taxpayers wealthy enough to hire lawyers. Occupy JP instructs

our legislators to radically simplify the tax code this year. The

Congress works for the people, the tax code should too.







2.      Occupy JP supports the proposal of our National Taxpayer Advocate,

Nina E. Olson, to Zero Sum Budget Title 26 as outlined part IV of her

testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee on 1/20/11. We

instruct our legislators to paass her proposal this year. The Congress

works for the people, the tax code should too.



Part IV: A Zero-Based Budgeting Approach Could Assist Congress in

Deciding Which Tax Breaks and IRS-Administered Social Programs to

Retain and Which to Eliminate.

My suggestion is to approach tax reform in a manner similar to zero-

based budgeting. Under that approach, the starting point would be a

tax code without any exclusions or reductions in income or tax. As

discussions proceed, tax breaks and IRS-administered social programs

would be added only if lawmakers decide on balance that the public

policy benefits of running the provision or program through the tax

code outweigh the tax complexity challenges that doing so creates for

taxpayers and the IRS. Some tax provisions and programs will meet this

test, while others will not. Factors to consider in making this

assessment include whether the government continues to place a

priority on encouraging the activity for which the tax incentive is

provided, whether the incentive is accomplishing its intended purpose,

and whether a tax expenditure is more effective than a direct

expenditure for achieving that purpose.47



http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/nta_testimony_waysandmeans_01202011.pdf



Note: Although getting a legislative demand as specific at #2 through

any GA would be difficult, the advantages of supporting Ms. N.O.’s

proposal are many: it’s a good proposal, she’s non-partisan, it’s

already in the system, she has cool initials.



Other



We’ve contacted the New England War Tax Resisters. They will be

announcing the grants they award from a fund set up from the proceeds

of resistance on 4/15. They will get back to us about a possible

collaboration.



Senator John Kerry will get back to us about where Ms. No!’s proposal

stands now.



We will contact the advocacy group Uncut and see where they’re at.



The deadline for filing taxes is midnight April 17. The media

traditionally interviews late filers at the Fort Point Post Office, a

great place for kites.



Thanks. We look forward to hearing from you.



O! JP!






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