Comments on: WTRs in the Era of IRS Budget Cuts https://nwtrcc.org/2019/02/28/wtrs-in-the-era-of-irs-budget-cuts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wtrs-in-the-era-of-irs-budget-cuts Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Matthew Hoh https://nwtrcc.org/2019/02/28/wtrs-in-the-era-of-irs-budget-cuts/#comment-1991 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:53:13 +0000 https://nwtrcc.org/?p=9687#comment-1991 Thank you Ruth!

]]> By: Ed Hedemann https://nwtrcc.org/2019/02/28/wtrs-in-the-era-of-irs-budget-cuts/#comment-1990 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:20:51 +0000 https://nwtrcc.org/?p=9687#comment-1990 I’ve always been a bit puzzled by those militant, fire-breathing antiwar activists who, at the drop of a hat, are willing to risk arrest in a civil disobedience action at military or government facility, sometimes ending up cooling their heels in the slammer for a few days, BUT draw the line at refusing to pay the taxes that fund those facilities.

Perhaps it’s because street actions are more communal and perhaps seem more predictable (e.g., block an entrance, get arrested, go to court, pay a fine or spend a couple days in jail) thus less threatening? While resisting taxes is perceived as more solitary, less predictable, vaguely unending, financially threatening?

I think it would be a great day if, during action planning meetings, open refusal to pay for taxes were included among leafleting, marching, vigiling, blockades, rallies, sit-downs, and bake-sales as a logical, viable, and compelling option.

I wonder what more we could do to make war tax resistance no longer the neglected stepchild of organizing?

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