Your tax dollars at Work? Don't Pay!
Poster
ca. 1970 (made)
ca. 1970 (made)
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This poster makes the point through words and graphics that the American public directly funded the war in Vietnam through the U.S. system of taxation. Here a US Army fighter plane is made out of American dollar bills. By way of expressing political dissent, the message is to stop paying taxes and thus stop the flow of economic support to the Vietnam War effort.
Object details
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| Title | Your tax dollars at Work? Don't Pay! (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Paper and ink |
| Brief description | "Your tax dollars..." Anti-war protest poster published by War Resisters League, NY. |
| Physical description | "Your tax dollars..." Anti-war protest poster quoting Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953. Fighter plane made from US $10 bills. Published by War Resisters League, New York. |
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| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Summary | This poster makes the point through words and graphics that the American public directly funded the war in Vietnam through the U.S. system of taxation. Here a US Army fighter plane is made out of American dollar bills. By way of expressing political dissent, the message is to stop paying taxes and thus stop the flow of economic support to the Vietnam War effort. |
| Other number | LS.1122 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.763-2004 |
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| Record created | August 18, 2004 |
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