August 2001

What I did with my Tax Refund over my summer vacation

I am happy to say that my refund is coming this month. Bigfoot and I are planning to send twelve $50 checks to various progressive or liberal causes (you know, these days that does not mean exactly the same thing.)

Remember, Evil Robots wants to hear from you people out there! Let us know how you spent the money - and send us a copy of the letter you mail to the President.

In case you are having trouble writing a letter, let me give you a rough idea of how to write it:

The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington DC

Dear President Bush:

Thank you very much for the generous tax refund you arranged for me. I am glad to see some of my hard earned money come back to me before it is spent on protecting Social Security or education.

For your information, I decided to donate the generous refund to a few of my favorite causes in your name. Here is the list of organizations to which I sent money: Planned Parenthood, Worldwatch Institute, Greenpeace, Peace Action, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Moratorium Now! Campaign, and the Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities.

Thanks again for the money. I appreciate you giving me federal money to redistribute to causes in which I strongly believe.

Yours truly,

(Your Name Here)

It's just that easy!

Remember, you do NOT have to give money to worthy causes. You can pay off your college loans, throw a party, or fix your car - what you do is not important. I want the friends of Evil Robots to send President Bush a letter telling him exactly what you did with the money. That way, if anyone accuses him of forcing an wasteful tax refund, he can pull out one of your letters and say, "Wasteful! How dare you say that! Why this letter here says that (your name here) bought a whole lot of weed to help his glaucoma! So there!"

That'll show 'em.