An Act of Conscience

Released 1998
Directed by Robbie Leppzer
 
This documentary is about a tax evading couple from Massachusetts, Randy Kehler and Betsy Corner, who have their house seized by the federal government. It's important to note that they're tax-evaders not tax cheats. They file a federal tax form every year, but they stopped paying federal taxes in 1979. Twelve years later, the IRS finally caught up to them.

Randy and Betsy belong to a large group of hippies who refuse to pay federal taxes. They do so to protest the federal war machine. They feel if they were to give money to the federal government, they would be helping to pay for bombs and killing. They can not do this morally, therefore their refusal to pay federal taxes is an act of conscience. This film documents their protest, as well as their struggle with the unfortunate family that purchases the home from the IRS.

Summary by Bill Alward

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