April 10, 2006<\/p>\n
To the Internal Revenue Service:<\/p>\n
I support my country in all its peaceful endeavors, but for reasons of conscience and religious faith I do not support my country in its preparation for war and in war making.\u00a0\u00a0 I am deeply troubled by the fact that about half of the federal tax that I owe the government is budgeted for military purposes.\u00a0 My payment of this tax enables my country to buy the tools and manpower to kill my fellow man.\u00a0 I am working for passage of the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund bill that would enable pacifists to pay their full taxes without paying toward war.<\/p>\n
As a Quaker and a pacifist and a parent, I have considered my personal responsibility to God and my country and my family.\u00a0 I am conscientiously unable to support any war and the current war is certainly no exception.\u00a0 For these reasons, the enclosed check is $xxx less than the amount my wife and I owe the government according to line 75 on our Form 1040.\u00a0 A check for this amount of refused tax has been sent to UNICEF for the support of needy children around the world.<\/p>\n
Paul and Fran Sheldon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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