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WE THE ENJOINED

August 09, 2007

The anti-tax group "We The People" could appropriately change their name to "We The People Who May No Longer Sell De-taxing Kits." From a Department of Justice press release:

WASHINGTON -- A federal court in Binghamton, N.Y., today permanently barred Robert L. Schulz of Queensbury, N.Y., and his organizations, We the People Congress and We the People Foundation, from promoting a tax scheme that helped employers and employees improperly stop tax withholding from wages, the Justice Department announced. Schulz and his organizations called the scheme the Tax Termination Package.

In his decision entering the civil injunction order, U.S. District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, found that Schulz “knew or had reason to know” that his statements in promoting the scheme were false. The court said that in promoting the scheme, Schulz and the We the People organizations “relied on fringe opinions of known tax protestors whose theories have repeatedly been rejected by courts across the country.” The court further noted that several of those tax protestors have been convicted of tax crimes.

The injunction requires We The People to display the injunction on their web site home page. Maybe they'll still have room for the link to their current featured link, "Protecting Ron Paul, the Rest of the '2nd Tier' and America." Mr. Paul's association with the tax protest fringe makes it hard to take him seriously.

The injunction also requires WTP to turn over their customer list to the IRS. If they've maintained such lists, the WTP patrons can look forward to becoming acquainted with IRS examiners in the near future.

Mr. Schulz is a fixture in the tax protest movement, and he is featured in the tax protest epic "America: From Freedom To Fascism."

Prior WTP coverage:

DC CIRCUIT: RIGHT TO PETITION INCLUDES RIGHT TO BE IGNORED

FEDS GO AFTER 'WE THE PEOPLE'

WE THE FORECLOSED

EACH DEFEAT BRINGS US CLOSER TO VICTORY!

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