The Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund bill, H.R. 1921, submitted to Congress by John Lewis in April, 2007, is soon to be submitted again.

When enacted, this law will restore the rights of citizens whose conscience does not permit physical or financial participation in all war. Federal taxes of designated conscientious objectors will be placed in a non-military trust fund, enabling these citizens to be free from spiritual bondage, increasing federal revenue, and restoring the balance of government between collective security and non-interference in an individual's free exercise of belief.

Write to Rep Higgins or Rep Massa, since neither of them are among the 45 co-sponsors of the bill.  Your personal letter could be from the perspective of a conscientious objector and/or a supporter of civil liberties.    Your letter could also become a letter to the editor for the Observer or the papers in Massa's district.

For more information and two sample letters, go to the website of The National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund (NCPTF), based in Washington, D.C., a not-for-profit organization which advocates for passage of the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Bill:    http://www.peacetaxfund.org


Addresses:

Rep. Brian Higgins: 27th District (Chautauqua and most of Erie county)
431 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3306


Rep. Eric Massa: 29th District (Cattaraugus, Allegany, Steuben,
Chemung, Schyler, Yates, Ontario, Southern Monroe counties)
1208 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515

Phone: (202) 225-3161