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H.R.1921

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Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act

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.

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4/18/2007--Introduced.
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Treasury the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund for the deposit of income, gift, and estate taxes paid by or on behalf of taxpayers:
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April 27, 2008 NATIONAL DEBT, TIAHRT'S TANKER OUTRAGE, OPPOSING WAR

Because of our commitment to nonviolence and the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act (HR 1921), we cannot in good conscience offer our lives or our ...

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Source: The Wichita Eagle, KS


April 13, 2008 Direct money to peaceful measures

Initiated every year since 1972, but never passed (HR 1921). It proposes to "affirm the freedom of taxpayers who are conscientiously opposed to ...

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Source: News-Leader.com, MO


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July 06, 2008 July 4, 2008 — Peace is Patriotic

... to Interim Meeting of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting requesting that Philadelphia Yearly Meeting send a letter to all members of Congress asking for their support of the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Bill (currently HR 1921). ...

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Source: Paul's Perambulations


June 11, 2008 A Just Foreign Policy Resource Guide

The Choices Program’s Teaching with the News initiative provides online curriculum materials and ideas to connect the content of the classroom to the headlines in the news. Its lesson plans cover a range of foreign policy and ...

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Source: The Green Changemakers


May 30, 2008 The "Peace Tax"

The form of the "peace tax" that is currently before Congress is HR 1921, the "Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act." Skipping over findings and definitions, we find the guts of the act in section 4, which states in subsection a that: .

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Source: A Thin Place


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