The Picket LineWhen the war on Iraq started, I stopped paying the federal income tax and started working for my values instead of against them. I quit my job and deliberately reduced my income to the point where I no longer owe federal income tax.The Picket Line 29 June 2008- June 29, 2008 Is there a name for the art of ethical development Is there a Third Amendment argument against paying war taxes Is agorism the solution to promoting freedom Will the peace movement ever get its act together Can the I.R.S. liquidate your retirement accounthttp://www.sniggle.net/Experiment/index.php?entry=29Jun08 The Picket Line 28 June 2008- June 28, 2008 A multi-page blowout Picket Line special edition all about the thrilling Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1837. Dont miss it.http://www.sniggle.net/Experiment/index.php?entry=28Jun08 The Picket Line 27 June 2008- June 27, 2008 The personal is political, but the devil is in the details. Also: my list of 22 ways to show solidarity with tax resisters is wikified. And: Why am I spending so much time and effort on old arguments about Quaker war tax resistance Also: a number of American churches are planning a civil disobedience campaign to protest the fact that their tax-exempt status comes only at the cost of silencing their voice in political matters. And: a summary of those laws regulating I.R.S. seizure powers.http://www.sniggle.net/Experiment/index.php?entry=27Jun08 The Picket Line 26 June 2008- June 26, 2008 Recovered from deepest, darkest microfiche: Isaac Greys A Serious Address to Such of the People called Quakers, on the Continent of North-America, as profess Scruples relative to the present Government: Exhibiting the ancient real Testimony of that People, concerning Obedience to Civil Authority. Written Before the Departure of the British Army from Philadelphia, 1778, by A Native of Pennsylvania, or parts of it anywayhttp://www.sniggle.net/Experiment/index.php?entry=26Jun08 The Picket Line 25 June 2008- June 25, 2008 If you didnt love that whole prebate economic stimulus vote buying fiasco before, you may love it when you read what its costing the government. Also: One of the more in-depth explanations of the Quaker position against paying commutation, bounty, or militia exemption fines, came from the Meeting for Sufferings of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1865.http://www.sniggle.net/Experiment/index.php?entry=25Jun08 The Picket Line 24 June 2008- June 24, 2008 Theres a new trailer on-line for Steev Hises upcoming documentary film about war tax resisters. Also: After Timothy Davis was disowned by his Meeting for urging Quakers to pay taxes to the Continental Congress, his splinter group published a defense of Davis that included a defense of his tax-promoting heresy.http://www.sniggle.net/Experiment/index.php?entry=24Jun08 |