Conscientious tax resisters say they won’t fund war
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Ed Hedemann founded the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee in Brooklyn, which is a clearinghouse and resource center for individual conscientious objectors to war taxes. (Deena Guzder/CNS)
War Tax Resisters protesting outside the Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington D.C. say they want their money to buy bread for the poor not bombs for the military. ***Please note small file size: 1600 pixels by 1200 pixels (Carol Moore/courtesy of Washington DC Area War Tax Resistance)
Dennis Dalton, a professor of political theory at Barnard College, has redirected his federal income tax to peaceful causes for over 40 years. (Deena Guzder/CNS)
War Tax Resisters stand outside the Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington D.C. to announce they won't finance the Iraq war with their tax dollars. ***Please note small file size: 1600 pixels by 1200 pixels (Carol Moore/courtesy of Washington DC Area War Tax Resistance)
War Tax Resisters stand outside the Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington D.C. to announce they won't finance the Iraq war with their tax dollars. ***Please note small file size: 1011 pixels by 704 pixels (Carol Moore/courtesy of Washington DC Area War Tax Resistance)
Conscientious tax objectors are telling Uncle Sam they won't pay money for bombs and guns. And, if the Vietnam era is any guide, few will end up going to jail.
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