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The Most Fun Youve Ever Had with Taxes! Tweet with us: @NETWORKLobby #TaxPayerPride The Webinar will start at 3:30pm EST. For the best sound quality, dial in toll- free at 866.740.1260 and use the access code 6017869#. You can also listen via your computer. Click on the Audio button at the top of your screen. Slide 2 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. Slide 3 We the Taxpayers An Interfaith Conversation Slide 4 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 Slide 5 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 Slide 6 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 facilitators guide Additional support as needed Slide 7 Lesson One: Faith, Justice, and Taxes a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign Slide 8 What is the first word that comes to mind when you hear taxes? a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign Slide 9 What makes you apprehensive to discuss this topic? a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 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 Slide 13 a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign Lesson Two: The Taxes We Pay Slide 14 A Tax is... Progressive a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign Slide 15 A Tax is... Progressive Flat a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign Slide 16 A Tax is... Progressive Flat Regressive a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign Slide 17 What We Have Paid Slide 18 Henry Ford, 1920 73% Slide 19 What We Have Paid Babe Ruth, 1927 25% Slide 20 What We Have Paid Shirley Temple, 1935 63% Slide 21 What We Have Paid Walt Disney, 1944 94% Slide 22 What We Have Paid Elvis Presley, 1956 91% Slide 23 What We Have Paid Audrey Hepburn, 1965 70% Slide 24 What We Have Paid Barbara Walters, 1982 50% Slide 25 What We Have Paid Michael Jordan, 1992 31% Slide 26 What We Have Paid Oprah Winfrey, 2003 35% Slide 27 What We Have Paid Beyonc Knowles, 2013 39.6% Slide 28 What We Have Paid 94% Slide 29 (...) 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, 1986 http://www.usccb.org/upload/economic_justice_for_all.pdf Slide 30 Lesson Three: The Taxes We Dont Pay a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign Slide 31 Slide 32 Slide 33 Lesson Four: What Taxes Can Do a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign Slide 34 The Average Taxpayers Receipt Where do our tax dollars go? Slide 35 Taxpayer Pride! Slide 36 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 Slide 37 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 Slide 38 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 Slide 39 Thanks for participating! Please remember to fill out the evaluation after you leave the webinar. Email shughes@networklobby.org with questions, comments, or new ideas!shughes@networklobby.org a project of NETWORK Education Program and the Faithful Budget Campaign