What happens when you refuse to pay taxes for 40 years? A man who hasn’t paid federal income taxes since 1970 shares his story Ed Hedemann, who works as an independent contractor for several nonprofit organizations and lives in Brooklyn, hasn’t paid federal income taxes since 1970. He pays Social Security, Medicare, state and local taxes, but refuses to pay federal income tax every year because he opposes all war and spending on the U.S. military. “There’s a lot of talk about people protesting because of Trump’s border wall,” he said. “That pales in comparison to military spending.”...