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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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.
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Dorothy Day was against fighting the Nazis in WW2. She is a terrible human being and leftcaths obsession with her is disgusting. This was apparent to me since high school when we watched the movie about her life.
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Thank you for sharing your book and your work with #DorothyDay on hosted by
The conversation was so inspirational!!
I hope many listen to Madang podcast and also read your books
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