Karl Meyer

Background

He is the son of William H. Meyer, a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont.

Career

Meyer no longer considers himself a Catholic, but a Catholic worker He is quoted as once "trying to be an American Gandhi". In 1984, he defied the Internal Revenue Service"s "frivolous filing" penalty by filing what the agency considered to be a "frivolous" return every day that year.

He was assessed $140,000 in penalties, of which the Internal Revenue Service was only able to recover a little more than $1,000.

He coined the name "cabbage patch resistance" for this technique, naming it after the then-popular Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, that, like his daily returns, were each a little different.

Achievements

• He is the founder of the Nashville Greenlands Catholic Worker community in Nashville, Tennessee.