Michele Seven didn’t file her tax return in , not for ideological reasons, but due to some turbulence and disorder in her life. The IRS caught up to her and sent her a letter claiming that she owed $640,000 and that they were looking to seize that much from her.
Well, that’s about ten times what she earned in . The IRS got its figures by adding up all of her gains but not bothering to try to estimate her costs and losses.
She called up to find out what to do about it, and the IRS said, “just file your return.” But the more she thought about it, the less she wanted to file. She felt that by filing she’d be conceding a debt that she considered illegitimate, that it would be like certifying her own slavery.
I believe it’s my duty to resist laws that are unjust…
I know this is probably going to upset some, but I believe that Iraqis have a right to life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as well. And the fact is that hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi people have been killed — paid for by United States tax dollars.
I am a Christian and I do believe that one day I’m going to stand before God. And when I do, I really don’t want to say, “Well, God, I was so afraid to go to prison that I was willing to have babies aborted, people murdered…”
The travelling libertarian video blog MotorhomeDiaries.com caught up with Seven and interviewed her:
