Changing the conversation from deficits to taxing corporations

[libmom74]

Source: Us Uncut Blog

On Tax Day weekend, a two-month old grassroots organization called US Uncut used a little humor, fun and creativity to dominate the media narrative about taxes. Local US Uncut organizers from Fayetteville, Arkansas to Boston, Massachusetts; from Seattle, Washington to Jackson, Mississippi; from New York, New York to Los Angeles, California; from Portland, Oregon to Orlando, Florida- all participated in the largest collective protest against corporate tax cheats in American history.

This wasn't done merely with signs and banners- we had zombies in Arkansas. The Paul Revere ride anniversary in Boston was accompanied by the call, "The cuts are coming! The cuts are coming!" In Chicago, "billionaires" walked an elephant and a donkey on a leash through the streets. At Union Station in Washington, DC, a bestselling British author signed free copies of his book about offshore tax haven abuse at a Verizon store in the midst of pirates, drumming and dancing.

While the network pundits didn't spend a lot of time talking about US Uncut, they did spend a lot of time talking about what corporate tax cheats are costing our country by avoiding their fair share of taxes. And for the first time on Tax Day, there was a nationwide movement of Americans who were staging protests against tax evasion, instead of taxes in general. US Uncut took the streets on Tax Day. And in doing so, we took the narrative with us. From April 15th to April 18th, US Uncut won the day. This was our first key victory.

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The fight has just begun, and there's plenty of ground to cover. But we should all be proud of what we've done. We've already accomplished more in two months than many action-based organizations have in years. Push on, and keep fighting.



Read more: http://www.usuncut.org/blog/taking-back-tax-day

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I participated in an action in Ballard WA on April 18th. The energy was amazing, we had about 75 people with speakers from our local unions, UnCut members and MoveOn. There were 4 other actions happening in Seattle the same day and one in Olympia WA. There had been others earlier in the week. People passing by in cars and on the street were very positive in their responses and a few even stopped for a while to participate. I hope that our leaders in Washington DC get a clue soon, this is a populist movement that most Americans will get behind IMHO and it is a winning issue.

[bertman]

1. Thanks, libmom74! Uncut is leading the way.

[girl gone mad]

2. k & r

[Devil_Fish]

3. Coporations are people too, so perhaps we should tax them as such... K&R NT