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As America’s socially responsible bank, Amalgamated seeks to empower organizations and individuals to advance positive social change. As such, we are taking an opportunity to highlight an important issue, one we believe to be tied in with everything from social to climate justice – nuclear and military weapons of mass destruction.

We’re told from the moment we start working that the responsible thing to do is to set money aside and “plan for your future.” For many people, this means making regular contributions into an IRA or employee-sponsored 401(k) plan. These investments, if managed appropriately, are designed to be your “nest egg” into retirement and beyond.

This Tax Day, our federal government is going to be busy figuring out how to spend the roughly $3 trillion it collected in combined income and payroll taxes. Every year, lawmakers and officials allocate $4.2 trillion in spending money, much of which comes from the taxes collected from individuals and businesses.