On Monday, July 10, Dan Lundquist, an independent computer consultant from Minneapolis, plans to turn himself in to the Department of Internal Revenue in Washington, D.C., pronouncing himself guilty of failing to pay Federal income taxes. Lundquist is a member of M-TAX, a support group of Minnesotans who resist paying Federal Income Taxes because they in conscience can not financially support military violence. According to Lundquist, War Tax Resisters choose from a variety of options when they practice non-cooperation with military taxation.
Some Resisters commit themselves to living on an income that is too low to be taxed.
Others withhold that portion of their Federal Income Taxes which supports the military. Lundquist, himself, has never filed a Federal Income Tax Return. He has written many letters to public officials, expressing his opposition to the mandatory support of violence through taxation. The Federal Government has garnished Lundquist's wages and levied his bank account. Lundquist is not discouraged, however, and claims that he is ready to go to jail if necessary rather than comply with this unjust law.