In other war tax resistance news:
- The Village Voice did an article on anti-Trump tax resistance a while back.
It’s a little confused, but tries to make the case. It quotes me a bit:
David Gross, the author of 99 Tactics of Successful Tax Resistance Campaigns, said he stopped paying federal income tax when “the U.S. launched its shock-and-awe attack against the people living in Iraq” in . “I was having a hard time living with myself knowing that my tax dollars were supporting such a vicious and repulsive act.” , he’s kept his income below the minimum taxable amount; in , he also stopped paying self-employment taxes for Medicare and Social Security.
“Although I have been stubbornly resisting for many years now, my run-ins with the IRS have been few,” Gross said. He now has a $50,000 debt to the IRS; tax collectors managed to seize one of his bank accounts and withdraw a few thousand dollars years ago, but he hasn’t heard much from them lately. “They’ve never contacted me in person. I’ve gotten many letters. Over time the use of boldface and exclamation points increases.”
“This is a particularly good time not to pay,” Gross said.
- Some of that article (and other recent media mentions) made some of us in war tax resistance circles contemplate creating a sort of FAQ for journalists, since they often repeat the same tired misconceptions. Some of us on the facebook have started compiling some common misconceptions journalists trip over.
