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Tax anger nearly causes another tragedy

February 23, 2010

A nation still staggering from the kamikaze attack on an IRS office by a ~~self-absorbed, sad, blame-deflecting loser~~ victimized taxpayer has narrowly escaped another tax-motivated tragedy, this time in St. Louis:

Police say a woman followed her husband to work at a barber shop on Natural Bridge Saturday morning. She wanted him to give her some of their tax return money. When the man refused, she tried to shoot him. The bullet went through a window of the couples SUV. The man ducked inside the back seat of the vehicle and police say that's when the woman shot two more times. Both of those bullets also missed. The man jumped out of the back seat and ran across the road.

Investigators say the woman then went into the city of St. Louis and threw the gun in a sewer. Police contacted the woman a short time later and she turned herself in. Police say she didn't seem sorry.

Let's anticipate the responses. From Congressman Steve King:

I think if we’d abolished the IRS back when I first advocated it, he wouldn’t have a target for his ~~airplane~~ wife. And I’m still for abolishing the IRS, I’ve been for it for thirty years and I’m for a national sales tax. [...] It’s sad the incident in ~~Texas~~ St. Louis happened, but by the same token, it’s an agency that is unnecessary and when the day comes when that is over and we abolish the IRS, it’s going to be a happy day for ~~America~~ America's husbands with tax refunds and irate wives.

Tax Protest figure Bob Schulz:

Bob Schulz, founder of the anti-government We the People Foundation, said that while he only advocates non-violent means of protest, he can understand ~~Stack's~~ the irate wife's motives and said it is a reflection of a movement unlike any he's ever seen.

"There's a huge ~~patriot~~ violent wife movement," Schulz said. "I've been doing this kind of work for 30 years. Never have I seen the likes of what's going on now. It's delightful."

Finally, Prof. Maule:

It won’t get better until American voters decide to make it better. It won’t get better if the electorate continues on the same path. It won’t get better when attempts to change things are obstructed by those with vested interests in the mess that generates so much anger among the ~~Joseph Stacks~~ refund-denied wives of the nation. Hopefully the nation is learning that effective change requires more than changing a few things in Washington.

Stop the madness before the tax law claims another marriage!

Hat Tip: The TaxProf