It may surprise you to know that every year the Federal Government receives hundreds of thousands of dollars, plus items ranging from wrenches to silverware, from citizens with a guilty conscience who have cheated on their income taxes.

In 1811, the U. S. Treasury established what is known as a Conscience Fund when an anonymous individual mailed the government $5. Since that time, over $4 million has been received from guilt-ridden citizens with a guilty conscience, with donations ranging from a single penny to $139,000, the largest contribution ever recorded in the funds one hundred and eighty-six year existance.1

I read the other day about one of these conscience-stricken individuals who wrote the following letter to the IRS:

Dear Sir:

My conscience has really bothered me. Here is a …