H.R. 2631: Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act

[auburngrad82]

What is the chance of something like this actually passing and how do you make sure your money isn't used to fund the GOP's holy war?

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-2631

Official Title: To affirm the religious freedom of taxpayers who are conscientiously opposed to participation in war, to provide that the income, estate, or gift tax payments of such taxpayers be used for nonmilitary purposes, to create the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive such tax payments, to improve revenue collection, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 25, 2005
Last Action: May 25, 2005: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis

Cosponsors
Rep. Tammy Baldwin
Rep. Corrine Brown
Rep. Sherrod Brown
Rep. Julia Carson
Rep. William Clay
Rep. John Conyers
Rep. Elijah Cummings
Rep. Danny Davis
Rep. Peter DeFazio
Rep. William Delahunt
Rep. Anna Eshoo
Rep. Sam Farr
Rep. Chaka Fattah
Rep. Barney Frank
Rep. Maurice Hinchey
Rep. Rush Holt
Rep. Michael Honda
Rep. Jesse Jackson
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Rep. Eddie Johnson
Rep. Paul Kanjorski
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
Rep. James Leach
Rep. Barbara Lee
Rep. James McDermott
Rep. James McGovern
Rep. Cynthia McKinney
Rep. Gregory Meeks
Rep. Jerry Moran
Rep. Eleanor Norton
Rep. James Oberstar
Rep. Major Owens
Rep. Ronald Paul
Rep. Donald Payne
Rep. Charles Rangel
Rep. Bobby Rush
Rep. Bernard Sanders
Rep. José Serrano
Rep. Ted Strickland
Rep. Edolphus Towns
Rep. Diane Watson
Rep. Melvin Watt
Rep. Lynn Woolsey
Cosponsorship information sometimes is out of date.



Liberal bumper stickers

[Freedom_from_Chains]

1. In the current political environment, about zero (0)

Or, as my wife likes to say, slim to none and slim done left town.

[ComerPerro]

2. I beleive this is wrong

Saying you don't want you tax dollars to fund war is like billionares saying they don't want their tax dollars to fund social services.

[auburngrad82]

3. But can you imagine if thousands of people refused to fund the war?

If you're fundamentally against war because or religious beliefs I don't think you should be required to fund the war.



Liberal bumper stickers

[ComerPerro]

4. What you are proposing is the end of liberalism