Growing up my Mom had a phrases in spanish that she would say whenever I complained about getting an unfair treatment. “El que parte, reparte” It translates as “The one who divides, decides” The $50k statutory cap makes that phrase ring particularly true.
The poor janitor didn’t survive.
Wikipedia article reports that an Internal Revenue Service manager was second death (in addition to suicide pilot), and that there were 13 others injured.
Great! Now we are both getting audited. Way to go…
Shortly after that incident, I printed the Statesman article on a tshirt with the words sic semper tyranus over it and wore it to that years first audit meeting…
$20 says the auditor didn’t get the reference…
The IRS person killed was a husband, father of 6 and an army veteran. He did 2 tours in Vietnam.
It is cool that you don’t like to pay taxes, but this post is most un-excellent. Please consider editing or deleting it.
As someone who has been audited more then 25 times in my life time, I despise the IRS and its auditors. So, I am sorry, but everyone has lives outside of work; however, their work is what defines them to most of the people they meet. I am truly sorry for their families; however.
What is changing, albeit slowly and still a long slog, but the ability to not just sue the aggressive agency which will be limited in payout, but to sue the individuals involved in the extortion. Right now, these people are being sheltered to be thugs for the agency, but there are movements to actually get unlimited decisions against individuals who chose to use their power to abuse people.
Its being pursued and I think it will come about at some point. There is a big political piece to this, but tides are changing on the national level.
I worked for a company where the tax returns had to be perfect because the CEO had made an enemy in the IRS and we knew that every single year would be audited. That said most of my interactions with the IRS have been pleasant and most of the time they are very helpful.
The NTTA - that is a truly horrible organization. I haven’t worked with any other tax authority that is as incompetent or that has penalties as high as the NTTA.
It is fitting. He attempted mass murder for a political point.
Nope. Motive was deemed “Anger towards IRS policies”, and contemporaneous reporting was that “The Federal Bureau of Investigation stated that it was investigating the incident “as a criminal matter of an assault on a federal officer” and that it was not being considered terrorism at this time.”
I am no legal expert and have no clue whether this act technically qualifies as terrorism or not. That was hardly the essence of my post.
We all have different definitions of words, current U.S. law (Patriot Act sec. 802) defines domestic terrorism as:
Activities that occur primarily within U.S. jurisdiction, that involve criminal acts dangerous to human life, and that appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, to influence government policy by intimidation or coercion, or to affect government conduct by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.
I have removed the reference to the killer.
The quote you referred to was not in response to your post, but another’s. But, anyway, I agree with you that people will (and should) interpret some things differently and come to their own conclusions. And I am not legal expert either.
However,
The FBI came to the conclusion, after looking into as many facts and doing as many interviews as I am sure the felt were needed, that his motivation was anger and/or revenge. Thus, they determined, or at least appear to have from what I read, that this was just murder (of 1 person), and whatever else.
The FBI are experts, I think. THE experts, in fact.
I do understand that since a government agency and building was involved, and since it sort of hearkens back to the Timothy McVeigh bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City from years back (which WAS domestic terrorism), that this feels like domestic terrorism, though.
One person was killed and 13 people were injured, and you’re saying you like this?
Not what I said, what I said was I felt it was preferable for the dead person to be an IRS employee rather then the janitor I remember it being reported as.