9 Point Petition to FIX the Financial Cost of DYING
The Issue
Hosanna High Natural Burial Project 501c3
This is our effort to repair what we believe is currently driving the costs of dying. If you have suggestions to add to or make better this petition please contact info@letsbetrees.org
Free death certificates—because if the county can’t afford copy paper, they don’t need to be in charge of death certificates.
2. $1000 tax credit for having a green burial membership and completing a Last Will, a Trust and directives, saving average families $10,000 in probate fees.
3. $10,000 in FEMA Cash for every man, woman, or child—not for funerals, for failures by the FDA, CDC, WHO.
4. We propose a free national (or international) obituary database, because we deserve to know what happened to our people and people cant always afford the obituary.
5. We want reform in burial witnessing in 9 states that require a professional funeral witness, those states can provide their own witness. Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, and New York.
6. Donated federal land for truly nonprofit cemeteries. Many cemeteries listed as nonprofit are priced higher than most can afford.
7. Free private autopsies—we already pay for them with our taxes. The charge of $500 state vs $5000 citizens seems like profiteering.
8. No more Mandatory Embalming Education / Certification for Green Funeral Directors.
9. Nationwide right for families to direct their own funerals, home burials, body transport, and final disposition without requiring a licensed funeral director—because caring for our dead is a sacred family responsibility, not a government-protected monopoly that forces thousands in unnecessary professional fees.
SIGN OUR PETITION TO RECLAIM OUR DEATH RITES
This is the widow’s cry: “Grant me justice against my adversary” (Luke 18). We’re fixing the wrongs, starting with a 1950 tragedy. In 1950 my grandfather died; my grandmother, pregnant with their 13th child, lost the family’s 1947 Ford truck to pay for the funeral, leaving her with 13 children fatherless and walking. NO MORE!
Hosanna High Natural Burial Project, 501(c)(3) Tax-Deductible EIN 92-1880556
letsbetrees.org here to help make funerals free again
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The Issue
Hosanna High Natural Burial Project 501c3
This is our effort to repair what we believe is currently driving the costs of dying. If you have suggestions to add to or make better this petition please contact info@letsbetrees.org
Free death certificates—because if the county can’t afford copy paper, they don’t need to be in charge of death certificates.
2. $1000 tax credit for having a green burial membership and completing a Last Will, a Trust and directives, saving average families $10,000 in probate fees.
3. $10,000 in FEMA Cash for every man, woman, or child—not for funerals, for failures by the FDA, CDC, WHO.
4. We propose a free national (or international) obituary database, because we deserve to know what happened to our people and people cant always afford the obituary.
5. We want reform in burial witnessing in 9 states that require a professional funeral witness, those states can provide their own witness. Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, and New York.
6. Donated federal land for truly nonprofit cemeteries. Many cemeteries listed as nonprofit are priced higher than most can afford.
7. Free private autopsies—we already pay for them with our taxes. The charge of $500 state vs $5000 citizens seems like profiteering.
8. No more Mandatory Embalming Education / Certification for Green Funeral Directors.
9. Nationwide right for families to direct their own funerals, home burials, body transport, and final disposition without requiring a licensed funeral director—because caring for our dead is a sacred family responsibility, not a government-protected monopoly that forces thousands in unnecessary professional fees.
SIGN OUR PETITION TO RECLAIM OUR DEATH RITES
This is the widow’s cry: “Grant me justice against my adversary” (Luke 18). We’re fixing the wrongs, starting with a 1950 tragedy. In 1950 my grandfather died; my grandmother, pregnant with their 13th child, lost the family’s 1947 Ford truck to pay for the funeral, leaving her with 13 children fatherless and walking. NO MORE!
Hosanna High Natural Burial Project, 501(c)(3) Tax-Deductible EIN 92-1880556
letsbetrees.org here to help make funerals free again
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Petition created on October 2, 2025