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title: "Timeline photos Effective Altruists aren't all bad, I guess:"
date: 2024-01-21
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships added a new photo.
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# Timeline photos Effective Altruists aren't all bad, I guess:

*January 21, 2024 · Facebook*

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Effective Altruists aren\'t all bad, I guess:\
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\"About twenty years ago, I stopped paying U.S. federal income taxes. By law, the government has ten years to collect an unpaid tax bill, whereafter a sort of statute of limitations kicks in and the bill becomes permanently noncollectable. I've adopted the practice of waiting out this ten-year period and then donating the amount of the uncollected tax to charity, typically the Top Charities Fund organized by GiveWell.\[1\] Over the past six years I've redirected over \$30,000 from the U.S. Treasury to charity in this way.\
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In this post I'll briefly outline the theory and practice of this sort of tax redirection, and address some likely objections. \"\
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[https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/AskPyNg6hHP6SrmEy/redirecting-one-s-own-taxes-as-an-effective-altruism-method](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/AskPyNg6hHP6SrmEy/redirecting-one-s-own-taxes-as-an-effective-altruism-method){target="_blank"}\
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More on war tax resistance here:\
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[https://nwtrcc.org/war-tax-resistance-resources/pamphlets/](https://nwtrcc.org/war-tax-resistance-resources/pamphlets/){target="_blank"}\
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#archerpolitics
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