Join the Campaign!

Missouri's tax system is:

INADEQUATE . . . . .INEQUITABLE . . . . .OUTDATED!

You can help change that ---

Join the grassroots citizens' campaign:

Tax Justice for a Healthy Missouri

Participation in this campaign is open to any group or individual who is committed to the goal of obtaining new revenue to meet Missouri's needs through a new graduated individual income tax structure. To join the campaign, print and fill out the "Join the Campaign" form and send it to the address given on the form. Get the form here.

If state taxes are a mystery to you or your group, but you think taxes should be FAIR, the Tax Justice campaign has a solution.

A one and one-half hour Workshop sponsored by the Campaign and United for a Fair Economy is available to groups throughout the state. It is designed to teach participants about our state tax system. The workshop is designed with these goals:

• Review Missouri's tax system and the current budget crisis and what it has to do with each of us.
• Consider the reasons we're in this crisis.
• Explore the effect of tax policies on people at different income levels.
• Understand how to evaluate tax proposals in terms of equity, adequacy and sustainability.
• Learn about a new state income tax structure that's more fair and adequate.
• Learn about the Tax Justice for a Healthy Missouri campaign and its goals.
• Learn how you can help achieve a fair and just state tax system for all Missourians.
  

An immediate goal of the campaign is to help people throughout the state learn about our tax system, why it's inequitable and inadequate, and what we can do to change that.

The 2008 Session of the Missouri Legislature begins January 9, 2008. Missourians for Tax Justice and the Tax Justice for a Healthy Missouri campaign will be watching and letting members know what's happening. MTJ and TJHMO will support important legislation that will make our state tax system more adequate and equitable. We will oppose legislation that would reduce the state's ability to meet human needs and/or make our tax system even more unfair and inequitable. Check for more information on the MTJ Home Page.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!

If you and/or your organization want to be a part of this effort, please join the TJHMO campaign now!

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The following organizations/groups have joined the Tax Justice for a Healthy Missouri campaign as of February, 2006. (listed in alphabetical order)

Alliance for Democracy, Missouri Chapter
Americans for Democratic Action, Missouri Chapter
Catholics for Justice, Diocese of Kansas City­St. Joseph
Church Women United in Metropolitan St. Louis
Ethical Action Committee, St. Louis Ethical Society
Feed My People (St. Louis)
Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery Hunger Action Team
Grass Roots Organizing (GRO)
Jobs with Justice (St. Louis)
League of Women Voters of Missouri
Lutheran Family and Children's Services
Missouri ACORN
Missouri National Education Association
Missourians for Tax Justice
Missouri IMPACT
Missouri Association for Social Welfare
Missouri United Methodist Church Spiritual Formation Social Justice Team
Missourians for Single Payer Health Care
Neighborhood Enterprizes, Inc.
Northeast Missouri Clients' Council
Peace and Justice Office, Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph
Social Concerns Office, Diocese of Jefferson City
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, St. Louis Branch

RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO HELPING OUR CAMPAIGN:

Citizens for Tax Justice/Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy
(Washington, D.C.) www.ctj.org
United for a Fair Economy (Boston) http://faireconomy.org/

For more information about Tax Justice for a Healthy Missouri, see the MASW Web site: http://www.masw.org/taxjustice/

For more information, contact:

Missourians for Tax Justice
Phone: 314-966-6674
E-Mail: MoTaxJustice@charter.net

Last update: December 29, 2007
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