Right-wingers grift their MAGA followers by suggesting they can stop paying income taxes... [View all]

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https://www.mediamatters.org/taxes/right-wingers-grift-their-maga-followers-suggesting-they-can-stop-paying-income-taxes-help

Numerous right-wing personalities have been telling their followers that they can stop paying federal income taxes by enrolling in the pricey and non-accredited Freedom Law School. The pitches for the scam are directly targeted at Trump supporters, imploring them to “never again voluntarily pay the Washington D.C. Swamp” and “defund the government that is being used to weaponize itself against us.”

The promotions for Freedom Law School are yet another example of how right-wing grifters sell out their followers for profit even when it can lead to serious illness or death (e.g. COVID-19 scams); financial ruin (e.g. health care sharing ministry); or imprisonment (e.g. January 6).

Freedom Law School is a Florida-based organization headed by Peymon Mottahedeh that encourages people to not pay income taxes, claiming that “YOU can defund the monstrous federal government by not filing and paying federal income taxes you legally never owed anyway!” Instead, Freedom Law School tells people to pay potentially thousands of dollars to them so they can avoid paying taxes. (Freedom Law School is not an accredited law school.)

The organization is targeted at Trump supporters. A sales pitch on its Facebook page claims: “When you know the facts and the law you too will feel secure in not supporting the deep state. You really can stop voluntarily supporting the Washington D.C. Swamp. Join your fellow patriots in the Restore Freedom movement, help your family and America Prosper and Make America FREE Again!”

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Please proceed, dumbasses.