Granny Peace Brigade Blog

Ms. Gizmo went underground into a busy passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific Street subway stations in Brooklyn. What is Ms Gizmo? She’s a way for us to say how we would like our tax dollars spent. We  ask people to distribute 20 pennies among these eight categories:

• Arts & Culture
• Education
• Environment & Clean Energy
• Health Care
• Housing
• Jobs
• Military
• Transportation

More about Ms. Gizmo here.

How did New Yorkers vote?

The message was clear:

Money for Jobs, Education, Housing, and Healthcare – Not for War.

The War Resisters League flyer of federal discretionary spending
shows how our money is really being spent.
We’ve got work to do.

Happy New Year! See you in the streets in 2012.

- Photos and captions: Eva-Lee Baird
- Chart: Edith Cresmer
for the Granny Peace Brigade

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On a lovely midsummer day we took Ms. Gizmo to the streets with her eight categories for allocating federal tax dollars. (See the chart below.)

After voters distributed 20 pennies into the eight categories we gave them a War Resisters League flyer to show how discretionary funds are spent in the federal budget.

As usual people said most money should be spent on education, jobs and health care.

- Eva-Lee Baird
Photos – Phyllis Cunningham
Chart – Edith Cresmer
for the Granny Peace Brigade

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