The way to stop war is to stop paying for it. It’s as simple (in principle at least) as that. There are practical ways to help make this happen. Attached is our letter to the IRS which makes public that we are redirecting some of our federal IRS taxes away from war and to peaceful purposes instead. See https://nwtrcc.org/ for detailed information. I speak about and promote this publicly – ask me. Picture is at Villanova University.
April 12, 2026
To the Internal Revenue Service:
We support our country in all its peaceful endeavors, but for reasons of conscience and religious faith we do not support our country in its preparation for war and in war making. We are deeply troubled by the fact that more than half of the federal income tax that we owe the government is budgeted for military-related expenditures, to buy the tools and manpower to kill our fellow men and women and to pay for past wars.
As Quakers and pacifists and parents, we have considered our personal responsibility to God and country and world family and conclude that we must redirect a portion of our federal tax payment to peaceful purposes instead of war purposes. Therefore, we have sent $50 to UNICEF for the support of needy children around the world and $50 to Disabled American Veterans for the support of those disabled as a result of American wars, for a total of $100 that would otherwise accompany our tax return. Our amount owed for 2025 on line 37 is $xxxx, and we are enclosing our check for $yyyy, with the other $100 being our tax payment redirected for peaceful purposes as indicated above.
We sincerely hope that Congress will this year pass the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund bill that would enable us in good conscience direct all of our tax payments to the federal government in the service of peace.
Paul and Fran Sheldon
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