Dorothy Day refused to pay federal taxes in protest of spending for war. In the 1950s a young IRS employee who had called her in asked her how much she thought she owed. “I’ll tell you what,” she said. “You tell me how much you think I owe and I won’t pay it. How about that?”
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She’s great. And that’s a great response on several levels. But I can’t imagine, based on my limited knowledge of her life (I’ve read her autobiographies), that she owed any taxes. Sounds like she was being harassed. Did she file returns?
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Replying to @drew_deacon
No. In the 1970s this resurfaced. They said she owed $300K in taxes, tho no one at CW received a salary. But she wouldn’t register as a charity. Eventually the IRS dropped the case, in effect pretending that the CW was a registered tax exempt charity.

Apr 15, 2023 · 12:28 PM UTC

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Replying to @RobertEllsberg @drew_deacon
She also believed that federal taxes supported the war effort. She did pay & pray for those around us--those near & those around, on the other side of, the world.
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