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Shannon Hughes, NETWORK Education Program Manager Shannon develops resources to improve public understanding of justice issues at stake in current federal policy. She presents to faith and secular groups in various settings, including high school and college classes, and adult education groups.

We the Taxpayers An Interfaith Conversation

a Catholic leader in the global movement for justice and peace — educates, organizes and lobbies for economic and social transformation. a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

The Faithful Budget Campaign All our faith traditions place people who are impoverished and marginalized at the forefront of concern. The current fiscal debates – at their heart – are a struggle for the soul of our nation and its moral conscience... a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

We the Taxpayers The Objective: To help faith communities talk about the intersection of faith and taxes The Tool: Six 1-hour workshops DVD with videos for each of first 5 workshops Printed facilitator’s guide Additional support as needed

Lesson One: Faith, Justice, and Taxes a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

What is the first word that comes to mind when you hear “taxes”? a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

What makes you apprehensive to discuss this topic? a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

Ownership of Household Wealth a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign The total net worth of the top 1% =$21.9 Trillion The total net worth of the bottom 90% = $18.4 Trillion

a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign Lesson Two: The Taxes We Pay

A Tax is... Progressive a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

A Tax is... Progressive Flat a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

A Tax is... Progressive Flat Regressive a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

What We Have Paid

Henry Ford, 1920 – 73%

What We Have Paid Babe Ruth, 1927 – 25%

What We Have Paid Shirley Temple, 1935 – 63%

What We Have Paid Walt Disney, 1944 – 94%

What We Have Paid Elvis Presley, 1956 – 91%

What We Have Paid Audrey Hepburn, 1965 – 70%

What We Have Paid Barbara Walters, 1982 – 50%

What We Have Paid Michael Jordan, 1992 – 31%

What We Have Paid Oprah Winfrey, 2003 – 35%

What We Have Paid Beyoncé Knowles, 2013 – 39.6%

What We Have Paid 94%

(...) the tax system should be structured according to the principle of progressivity, so that those with relatively greater financial resources pay a higher rate of taxation. The inclusion of such a principle in tax policies is an important means of reducing the severe inequalities of income and wealth in the nation. Action should be taken to reduce or offset the fact that most sales taxes and payroll taxes place a disproportionate burden on those with lower incomes. a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign Economic Justice for All,

Lesson Three: The Taxes We Don’t Pay a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

Lesson Four: What Taxes Can Do a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

The Average Taxpayers Receipt Where do our tax dollars go?

Taxpayer Pride!

Lesson 5: Values to Tax By Revisiting of the principles of our faith and what those say about money and taxes Re-imagining: – Who should pay and how much – When we should not pay – What we should be getting a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

Reasonable Revenues 1.Raise Reasonable Revenue 2.Control Expenditures 3.Be Progressive 4.Create Greater Equity 5.Be Creative 6.Be Simple a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

Lesson 6: Building the Movement How do we, as a faith community, move this conversation forward? Practice having conversations about faith and taxes Understand the difference you can make! a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign

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