Tax the 1% Day actions across the state
Iowans want the corporate 1% pay their fair share
Iowans know taxing the 1% is the quickest way to rebuild our economy so that it works for all of us. Labor unions, community organizations, and local Occupy Wall Street affiliates held a mix of tax day protests across the state of Iowa today to demand the corporate 1% pay their fair share of taxes. Iowa CCI members turned out to these events to show support and call attention to the revenue crisis and inexcusable inequality in the country.
Tax day actions across Iowa held 4/17/12:
In Ames, AFSCME spearheaded a vigil outside one of thirty shuttered Iowa Workforce Development Office to help connect the revenue crisis and cuts to basic public services to the need to make corporations pay their faire share of taxes.
In Cedar Rapids, dressed as the corporate 1%, SEIU sponsored a “Thanks for paying our taxes (so we don't have to)” event outside the Cedar Rapids post office.
In Decorah, the Northeast Iowa Center for Peace and Justice will held demonstrations at the Norm Smith Plaza.
In Des Moines, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom spearheaded a protest outside of Wells Fargo at 666 Walnut Street to demand Wells Fargo start paying its fair share of taxes (or any taxes at all, really). Wells Fargo paid less than 4% in taxes from 2008-2011, despite making record profits.
These events corresponded with a national day of action.