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Bob Schulz (no T in his name) is another scammer, collecting money for what will supposedly be a massive legal assault on the IRS, but somehow the only thing that happens is his own lifestyle improves.
His last lawsuit, predicated on the notion (already rejected by courts) that the First Amendment's right of petition obliges the govt to respond to every petition, went absolutely nowhere, a fact that could have been predicted by any lawyer ... except the one that Schulz retained, Mark Lane, formerly the legal advisor to Jim Jones and to Liberty Lobby, and the self-appointed legal counsel to Lee Harvey Oswald and James Earl Ray. The agreement that Schulz's organization made with Lane is so extravagent it should be examined by the bar grievance committee; Lane demanded, up-front, win or lose, a sum equal to a year's earnings for most lawyers (and in money not in POMCs or CPNs or anything like that), and hinted that he'd bring an action in the Federal Claims Court - which simply doesn't have the authority to handle any cases like this.
Any other lawyer would have told Schulz, "This would be a waste of our time and your money, but since I know the case will crash and burn before it even gets close to a trial, I'll charge a reasonable amount for the limited time it will be around."
Back in 2001, Schulz staged his own "hunger strike" on the Capitol Mall, right next to a hotdog vendor, claiming he would starve to death unless the IRS agreed to send its own representative to a Schulz-arranged publicity stunt debate to be held at the Capital Press Club on Rosh Hashona (Schulz was very firm on the date; I imagine he wanted to make sure that he wouldn't have to debate with a Jew). Even before he started on the alleged hunger strike, Schulz sent out a press release about how he was risking death, titled "One man hungers, a nation prays". Twenty days into this hunger strike - during which time he appears to have dropped no weight at all - Maryland Congressman Bartlett takes some pity on him and offers an alternative - a DOJ lawyer (not IRS) will give a little lecture explaining the tax system (not a debate) to Schulz and his close associates (Members of Congress were not expected to attend) at an otherwise unused room in the House Office Building, on a date different from the one picked by Schulz.
Immediately Schulz declares Total Victory. More than that, he claims it is a "hearing" - which it very definitely wasn't - at which the govt will have to defend the tax laws from his brilliant questionning (it was never suggested by Bartlett that this little talk would be two-way or that questions would be entertained, much less a debate). Then, as can be expected from Schulz, shaking the tambourine for his followers to throw money at him: "expenses" of this "hearing" (it was free of charge for Schulz, the people who do pay taxes were picking up the modest tab), and if you wanted your question relayed by Schulz you should also pay for the privilege, etc.
Then Schulz went one more step too far. He started describing this little lecture as "putting the IRS on trial", and advised his followers to hold off sending in their tax returns until afterward -- "Don't file before the trial!" The DOJ became aware of this last pitch and told Bartlett, who cancelled the whole thing and denounced Schulz in no uncertain terms.
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