Save-A-Patriot is a Maryland group that's part of the tax protest movement, rising out of opposition to federal income taxes. Tax protesters generally believe that either the income tax laws are in some way invalid or that they do not apply to most citizens; therefore, they believe they have a legal and moral right not to pay taxes. Tax protesters suspect that the government covers up the "truth" about the income tax in order to continue oppressing the people and taking their money and engage in a wide variety of tax evasion strategies that range from simple refusal to pay taxes to complicated schemes using onshore and offshore trusts in order to hide income from the government.
Save-A-Patriot's leader, John Kotmair, has faced legal action numerous times for actions related to not paying taxes. Other websites detail why Kotmair's theories as to why no one needs to pay taxes are bunk. Save-A-Patriot also perpetuates anti-semitism by "proving" that Jewish folx owe the Federal Reserve. Although a federal court barred Kotmair from pushing his tax scheme in 2007, the Save-A-Patriot website is still up and running.
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