Earlier today, a small plane crashed into an office building in Austin, Texas. Reports are that an Internal Revenue Service office was located in that building. Austin officials have noted that the crash is not terror related, not that too many people care about the IRS.
Word is that two people have been sent to the hospital and one person is still missing, according to authorities. The same authorities declined to comment on the pilot. The Wall Street Journal has learned that a Texan named Joseph Stack made an Internet posting that indicated that he was responsible for the crash. This same man allegedly set fire to his own home before lighting up the IRS. The six-page suicide note rambled against the IRS, calling the hated organization “Mr. Big Brother IRS Man.”
The plane hit the second floor of a seven floor building about 10 AM local time, and blew up into flames upon impact, taking out the facility as employees jumped out windows to escape. The attacker, Mr. Stack leaves behind a wife and stepdaughter. Both survived the burning home.
CNN Anchor Rick Sanchez read Stack’s suicide note shortly after the crash was reported. In the suicide note, Stack documents numerous years of back-and-forth with the IRS stemming from a year in which he says he didn’t earn any money and thus filed no tax return. Evidently, the IRS decided he was hiding income and fined him.
Another disaster in which the IRS may ultimately be culpable. Despite numerous efforts to reform that group, it appears they’re still pushing humans over the brink.
