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Article: When the Tax Man cometh, they don't answer the bell; Tax resisters say refusal to pay all or part of their taxes is an act of civil disobedience. The IRS and US courts say it's illegal.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- April 14, 2006
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Byline: Chris Gaylord Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
When Ruth Benn of Brooklyn filed her federal income taxes this week, she left out an important element: the check.
"In good conscience I cannot pay this money to the US government," Ms. Benn wrote in a letter to the IRS that accompanied a completed, but unpaid, 1040 form. "I do not want my tax dollars to be used for killing and war."
Benn joins an estimated 10,000 Americans refusing to pay their federal taxes this year in protest of US military power. Many of these conscientious objectors - some driven by personal politics, some by religious beliefs - plan to donate their tax ...