There is absolutely nothing wrong with trying to get your money back from the government. If there were anything wrong with applying for grants, then exactly why does our government work so hard to make them available. The only gotcha’ moment here is why McLame and company see this as bad. It looks like the only thing wrong with Hayworth is that he is melanin challenged!
There is something very wrong with charging people $1,000 to "learn how to get money back from the government" when the grants you are pushing are really not available.