中新社紐約2月18日電一架低空飛行的小型飛機(jī)18日撞入德克薩斯州奧斯汀市國(guó)稅局的辦公大樓，當(dāng)?shù)毓賳T表示這可能是一件蓄謀事件。
美國(guó)有線電視新聞網(wǎng)(CNN)的報(bào)道稱，飛行員是名叫約瑟夫•安德魯•斯泰克的男子，在撞機(jī)事件前曾在網(wǎng)上留下自殺遺言。
報(bào)道稱，這名飛行員在駕機(jī)撞樓之前，已先縱火將自己的家燒了。消息人士說，他顯然是蓄意制造這起撞樓事件。
當(dāng)?shù)叵谰志珠L(zhǎng)助理奧斯汀·哈里·埃文斯說，至少有1人失蹤，兩人被送往醫(yī)院。
撞機(jī)事件導(dǎo)致大樓一面的幾十扇窗戶粉碎，一些樓層天花板塌陷，通過電視畫面，可以看到大樓二三樓層濃煙滾滾，黑煙中不時(shí)有竄出的火焰。
作為預(yù)警，美軍派出兩架F16戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)在撞機(jī)發(fā)生地上空?qǐng)?zhí)行空中巡視任務(wù)。
美國(guó)聯(lián)邦航空管理局發(fā)言人林恩•倫斯福特表示，飛行員沒有獲準(zhǔn)相關(guān)飛行計(jì)劃。
在大樓工作的員工佩吉•沃克表示，撞機(jī)事件發(fā)生時(shí)，她正在辦公室工作，“當(dāng)時(shí)的感覺就像炸彈爆炸，一下子天花板塌陷，窗戶粉碎，我和其他人都跑了出來。”
美國(guó)國(guó)家運(yùn)輸安全委員會(huì)發(fā)言人彼得•努森說，調(diào)查員已被派往事故現(xiàn)場(chǎng)展開調(diào)查。
信件翻譯
撞機(jī)事件前，史塔克在http://embeddedart.com/留下自殺遺言，該站站長(zhǎng)表示，基于FBI的要求和過大的負(fù)荷，他刪除了原來的帖子并且不能備份(還說FBI是給他直接打電話，讓他刪帖的..)
=========信件翻譯（轉(zhuǎn)載）===================
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_64c8a2d10100guho.html
anti-cnn外文編譯版也有轉(zhuǎn)載：
http://bbs.anti-cnn.com/thread-224249-1-1.html
【為方便不了解背景的讀者閱讀，文中一部分括號(hào)里是原文作者的注釋，一部分是譯者的注解。英文原文附后， http://www.dailytexanonline.com/top-stories/pilot-rams-plane-into-federal-offices-1.2160031】
當(dāng)你讀到這封信的時(shí)候，你無(wú)疑會(huì)問，“為什么會(huì)這樣（駕機(jī)自殺撞擊國(guó)稅局大樓）？”簡(jiǎn)單地說，原因很復(fù)雜而且我對(duì)這個(gè)事件的籌劃由來已久。許多個(gè)月之前，我開始寫這封信，是為了療治我對(duì)這個(gè)世界悲觀失望的情緒，那是一種意識(shí)到這個(gè)世界已破碎的事情毫無(wú)補(bǔ)救希望的絕望。無(wú)需多說，我對(duì)這個(gè)世界的出離憤怒可以寫下一卷又一卷，如果我愿意寫的話。但我發(fā)現(xiàn)，寫下這些憤怒的過程讓我沮喪，感到沉悶，而且寫作這些事情可能是毫無(wú)意義的...尤其當(dāng)狂怒的風(fēng)暴席卷我的大腦時(shí)，我無(wú)法充分地陳述我的想法。我不知道怎樣才能撫平我內(nèi)心的創(chuàng)傷，但絕境下我會(huì)做出絕望的掙扎。
小的時(shí)候我們被灌輸這樣的“常識(shí)”：沒有法律就沒有社會(huì)，那是無(wú)政府主義。悲慘的是，在這個(gè)國(guó)家（美國(guó)），我們從小就被洗腦被意識(shí)到，我們對(duì)這個(gè)國(guó)家的奉獻(xiàn)和服務(wù)，換來的是政府對(duì)正義的主持。我們進(jìn)一步被洗腦被相信，這個(gè)國(guó)家是自由的國(guó)度，而且我們應(yīng)當(dāng)為“崇高的自由主義”隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備獻(xiàn)出生命。可曾記得那句名言，“被代表就要被交稅”（選出政府就要給政府納稅）。盡管我們小的時(shí)候被洗腦接受這些謬論只用兩三年而已，我花了我整個(gè)成年的時(shí)間才意識(shí)到這純屬扯淡。在現(xiàn)在這個(gè)時(shí)代，任何人膽敢站起來對(duì)這個(gè)原理（“被代表就要被交稅”）說不會(huì)立刻被打上“瘋子”和“叛徒”的標(biāo)簽，以及面臨更糟的待遇。
雖然很少有人對(duì)稅收沒有怨言，但我敢肯定這輩子還沒有見過一個(gè)政治家能為有我這樣想法和利益的人說話。他們甚至根本不關(guān)心我說什么。
為什么那撮暴徒和強(qiáng)盜可以犯下無(wú)法想象的暴行（比如通用汽車的總裁們好多年以來的所作所為），并且當(dāng)他們的貪婪和無(wú)比愚蠢的行為最終帶來災(zāi)難的時(shí)候，聯(lián)邦政府卻可以毫無(wú)保留地在幾天甚至幾個(gè)小時(shí)內(nèi)救助他們化解危機(jī)？與此同時(shí)，當(dāng)我們稱之為笑料的美國(guó)醫(yī)療保健系統(tǒng)包括那些藥品和保險(xiǎn)公司，在每年謀殺數(shù)以萬(wàn)計(jì)的老百姓的時(shí)候，在掠奪他們（老百姓）的尸體歡呼他們（老百姓）的傷殘的時(shí)候，這個(gè)國(guó)家的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人卻對(duì)此視而不見，反而在積極地救濟(jì)他們那些卑劣的“老伙計(jì)”（華爾街資本家）。更可悲的是，那些政府的“代表們”（稱呼他們?yōu)樾⊥担_子和自私的混蛋更貼切）卻在年復(fù)一年地空洞地討論“糟糕的醫(yī)保問題”而毫無(wú)行動(dòng)。對(duì)他們來說，只要死老百姓不擋在他們賺錢的路上，一切危機(jī)對(duì)他們根本不是問題。
什么正義？搞笑！
不知道一個(gè)有理智的人如何解釋在我們的稅收以及整個(gè)法律系統(tǒng)中存在的那些光鮮卻代價(jià)沉重的廢物。我們有一個(gè)過于復(fù)雜的制度，復(fù)雜到只有那些最聰明的學(xué)者才能領(lǐng)悟。盡管連磚家也不知道為什么需要遵守那些法令，這個(gè)系統(tǒng)卻殘酷地要法律的受害者承擔(dān)違反法律的責(zé)任。法律規(guī)定稅收表格結(jié)尾處需要納稅人簽名，然而卻沒人完整了解他們到底簽署的是份什么協(xié)議，這不是被脅迫又是什么？如果這不是極權(quán)專制國(guó)家的法律，那就沒有法律是了。
我是怎么知道這些的？
我對(duì)這個(gè)制度的反思開始于80年代的美國(guó)噩夢(mèng)。不幸的是，經(jīng)過16年的學(xué)校教育，我才偶然去注意到稅法中那些含糊和傲慢的條令，盡管這些條令都是些最普通的英文。一些朋友推薦我參加一個(gè)（普通納稅者組成的）學(xué)習(xí)小組，閱讀和討論“稅法”。討論的重點(diǎn)是稅法中關(guān)于免稅的一章，免稅的對(duì)象包括粗俗腐敗卻出奇富有的天主教堂。在這個(gè)領(lǐng)域中最“好”的、薪水最高、最有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的稅收律師的幫助下，我們（學(xué)習(xí)小組的成員）仔細(xì)研讀了稅法，然后做和那些“大男孩”做的同樣的事情（但我們并沒有像天主教堂那樣打著上帝的名義卻從信眾中騙財(cái)以及向政府隱瞞巨額財(cái)富）。我們小心地光明正大地做事，遵守所有法令，就像法律允許我們做的那樣。
我們（學(xué)習(xí)小組）的目的在于獲得一種很有必要的對(duì)法律的重新評(píng)價(jià)，（以便看清）這種法律是怎樣允許宗教團(tuán)體這種怪物是怎樣通過法律來踐踏誠(chéng)實(shí)老百姓的權(quán)益的。不過，通過這種學(xué)習(xí)，我更加認(rèn)識(shí)到每一種法律都存在兩種“解釋”：一種為富人準(zhǔn)備，一種為我們這些“其他人”準(zhǔn)備。哦，這些“怪獸們”就是那些制定和執(zhí)行法律的團(tuán)體；宗教法庭在今天依然存在在這個(gè)國(guó)家里。
愛國(guó)的代價(jià)就是，4萬(wàn)美元的花銷，10年的生命以及被清零的退休金。這讓我第一次認(rèn)識(shí)到我生活在一個(gè)完全建立在徹頭徹尾謊言的國(guó)家。這也同時(shí)讓我意識(shí)到，對(duì)美國(guó)公眾，我曾經(jīng)抱有極其幼稚且無(wú)法想象的愚蠢幻想，他們（公眾）居然還相信并沉迷于“自由主義”那一套垃圾...即使是堆積如山的證據(jù)擺在他們面前，他們依然能夠繼續(xù)視而不見。
尚未從這第一個(gè)教訓(xùn)（這個(gè)國(guó)家所謂的“正義”）的震撼中解脫，大約1984年，在我從工程學(xué)院中畢業(yè)并做了5年的納稅人之后，我想要追隨我的獨(dú)立創(chuàng)業(yè)工程師的職業(yè)夢(mèng)想。
岔開下話題，關(guān)于為什么選擇了工程以及獨(dú)立創(chuàng)業(yè)的夢(mèng)想，我覺得我繼承了父親的對(duì)創(chuàng)造性解決問題的執(zhí)著，而且我很小的時(shí)候就意識(shí)到了這點(diǎn)。
然而直到我大學(xué)的前兩年才認(rèn)識(shí)清楚獨(dú)立創(chuàng)業(yè)的重要性，那時(shí)我18、19歲，靠著打工來補(bǔ)助自己在賓夕法尼亞州哈里斯堡讀大學(xué)。我的鄰居是個(gè)退休的老太太（80多歲對(duì)我那個(gè)年紀(jì)的年輕人來說夠老的了）是個(gè)已故鋼鐵工人的遺孀。他的亡夫曾在賓夕法尼亞中部的鋼鐵廠工作，那個(gè)大公司和工會(huì)許諾她的丈夫，如果工作30年就可以得到退休金和醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)。相反，他成了數(shù)千被缺乏競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的鐵廠和腐敗工會(huì)（更別提政府了）拋棄的P民，到頭來一無(wú)所獲，他存到養(yǎng)老基金的錢都被廠子和工會(huì)掠奪、竊取。老太太只能靠社會(huì)最低保障金度日。
想想那個(gè)時(shí)候，我的處境很窘迫，有時(shí)數(shù)個(gè)月只能吃花生醬和面包果腹。但在我聽到這個(gè)可憐的女人的故事的時(shí)候，我覺得她比我還慘（畢竟我還有果醬和面包）。當(dāng)她淳淳教導(dǎo)我吃貓食（她吃的東西）比吃果醬和面包更健康時(shí)，我聽的驚呆了。我最終還是下不了決心以貓食度日，不過這給我留下了深刻印象。從此我決定不再信任大公司，不再相信它們會(huì)管我的死活，決定以后要自食其力為自己的未來負(fù)責(zé)。
80年代初期，我簽合同成了一個(gè)天真的軟件工程師...兩年后，“多謝”差勁的阿瑟·安德森（Arthur Andersen，安達(dá)信會(huì)計(jì)師事務(wù)總裁，該事務(wù)所因卷入安然公司丑聞而遭到解體）和同樣差勁的紐約州議員（丹尼爾·帕特里克·莫伊尼漢，Daniel Patrick Moynihan），1986年的稅收改革法案以及其中的1706號(hào)條令通過議會(huì)正式生效。
如果你不熟悉國(guó)稅局的1706號(hào)條令，這條條令規(guī)定了對(duì)勞動(dòng)者（比如合同工程師）的稅收政策。你可以訪問這個(gè)鏈接（http://www.synergistech.com/1706.shtml#ConferenceCommitteeReport）來閱讀對(duì)1706號(hào)條令以及530號(hào)修正案的解釋。關(guān)于這些法令是如何影響技術(shù)服務(wù)雇員和他們客戶的討論，閱讀這里（http://www.synergistech.com/ic-taxlaw.shtml）。
（下面是1706法案的原文的粗略翻譯）
1706節(jié)，適用某些技術(shù)從業(yè)人員
（a）通則：1978年的稅收法案的530節(jié)被下屬修正案修正
（d）例外：本節(jié)（530節(jié)）不適用于下述個(gè)人（從而這些職業(yè)可以不被法律保護(hù)）:....工程師，設(shè)計(jì)師，制圖師，程序員，系統(tǒng)分析師，或者其他從事類似職業(yè)的技術(shù)雇工。
（b）生效日期：本修正案對(duì)1986年12月31日之后發(fā)生的支薪和服務(wù)生效。
（1706法案引用結(jié)束）
不得不說，你需要閱讀法令原文才能理解其含義，不過理解起來并不復(fù)雜。底線就是，我是符合（d）的描述（從而不再受稅法保護(hù)）。更進(jìn)一步說，這個(gè)法律還不如直接宣布我是個(gè)罪犯和非公民的奴隸。20年后重讀這個(gè)法律，我仍然不能相信這個(gè)法案是真的。
在1987年，我花了將近5000美元的個(gè)人積蓄，以及至少1000小時(shí)的時(shí)間來寫作、打印和郵寄給議員，政客，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)以及任何愿意聽我意見的人。結(jié)果就是，沒人愿意聽，他們甚至普遍認(rèn)為我在浪費(fèi)他們的時(shí)間。我花了無(wú)數(shù)的時(shí)間在洛杉磯的高速公路上，去參見會(huì)議以及任何想要組織力量反對(duì)這一暴政的民間團(tuán)體。然而，我卻發(fā)現(xiàn)我們的努力輕易地就被那些經(jīng)紀(jì)人中的叛徒們破壞了，他們想要開始享受所謂的“自由”了。噢，別忘了，我花了這么多時(shí)間和精力在上面，這給我?guī)砹耸杖肷系膿p失。
數(shù)月的抗?fàn)帗Q來一場(chǎng)空。我們辛辛苦苦的最好結(jié)果，就是來自國(guó)稅局發(fā)言人的一個(gè)聲明，聲明他們不會(huì)強(qiáng)制執(zhí)行那條修正條款（想想被騷擾的工程師和科學(xué)家）。很快這個(gè)聲明成為謊言，而且這個(gè)條款（d）開始影響到我（讓我失去退休金）；這些，當(dāng)然，也許正是那些立法者想要的結(jié)果。
再一次地，我的退休金被席卷一空。如果我有常識(shí)，我當(dāng)時(shí)真應(yīng)該徹底放棄工程師這個(gè)職業(yè)，并且永不回頭。
然而，浪子不知回頭是金，我仍然沉浸在每個(gè)星期100個(gè)小時(shí)的工作中。然后洛杉磯迎來了90年代早期的大蕭條。我們的國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人們決定不再需要南加州那些多余的空軍基地，這些基地被關(guān)閉。悲劇性的結(jié)果就是導(dǎo)致該地區(qū)的經(jīng)濟(jì)劫難，其后果堪比廣為人知的德克薩斯州的存貸慘案。但是，因?yàn)檎窃斐蛇@一切的根源，沒人會(huì)在乎那些年輕的P民們，（因?yàn)槭スぷ鳎┧麄儾坏貌环艞壻J款購(gòu)買的房子，這些房子被有政府補(bǔ)助的富有的借貸公司收回。再一次，我失去了我的退休金。
幾年后，隨著一場(chǎng)不成功的婚姻的結(jié)束和我商業(yè)上的奮斗，我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的事業(yè)終于有些起色。然而，接下來發(fā)生了.com泡沫和911夢(mèng)魘。那時(shí)我們的國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)們決定把所有的航線都停飛，而且不知何時(shí)可以重回運(yùn)行；隨后很久一段時(shí)間，“重點(diǎn)”區(qū)域比如舊金山處于數(shù)月的安全警告期（航空和地面運(yùn)輸受政府限制）。這讓我聯(lián)絡(luò)客戶的費(fèi)用極大上升。諷刺的是，他們?cè)谧隽诉@么多之后，政府用數(shù)以十億美元計(jì)的我們的納稅來補(bǔ)貼航空公司（因?yàn)榻煌ㄏ蘖钐潛p）...和往常一樣，他們（政府）讓我腐爛和死亡，卻用我的錢來救助那些富有的卻缺乏競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的他們的“老伙計(jì)”！所有這些不幸的事件之后，我的事業(yè)沒了，只剩下一些退休金和儲(chǔ)蓄。
那時(shí)，我想著也許該換個(gè)環(huán)境了。再見了加州，我要去奧斯汀（德州首府）試試運(yùn)氣。然后我搬到了奧斯汀，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)這是個(gè)人人自我感覺過好卻少有人腳踏實(shí)地做工程的地方。我在尋找工作上從來沒遇到過如此艱難的時(shí)刻。薪水只有經(jīng)濟(jì)著陸前的三分之一，因?yàn)樾匠瓯?到4家這里的大公司所把持，而他們?cè)诓粩嘟敌綈盒愿?jìng)爭(zhēng)...這種事情發(fā)生和司法機(jī)關(guān)不無(wú)關(guān)系，司法機(jī)關(guān)根本不管P民死活，只在乎他們自己和他們“老伙計(jì)”的利益。
為了生存，我不得不靠?jī)?chǔ)蓄和過早消耗退休金度日，結(jié)果個(gè)人退休儲(chǔ)蓄賬戶里的錢越來越少。這一年里，經(jīng)營(yíng)的開銷巨大，收入?yún)s是零。那年我沒填退稅表，我覺得沒必要，因?yàn)槲业氖杖胧橇恪Ｈ欢顒诺恼畢s不同意。但是他們卻沒有及時(shí)通知我以便讓我能夠及時(shí)通過法律手段辯護(hù)，當(dāng)我試圖通過法律申訴時(shí)已經(jīng)太晚，法庭告訴我已經(jīng)過了申訴期。“正義”讓我損失了1萬(wàn)元（罰金）。
然后到了現(xiàn)在。有了和注冊(cè)會(huì)計(jì)師打交道的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，在那次商業(yè)低谷后我發(fā)誓再也不進(jìn)會(huì)計(jì)師的辦公室。于是我有了新的婚姻，很多筆灰色收入，更別提一大筆新的商業(yè)資產(chǎn)和一部鋼琴（雖然我不知道怎么彈）。仔細(xì)考慮之后，我覺得有責(zé)任去尋求一下專業(yè)的法律幫助。這后來成為一個(gè)極大的錯(cuò)誤。
當(dāng)我們收到稅表時(shí)我很樂觀地相信一切盡在把握。我把我這些年的信息都給了律師比爾·羅斯，比爾幫我填完了表格，結(jié)果和我期待的很接近。盡管他忘了把舍利（人名，可能是史塔克的妻子）沒匯報(bào)的一筆收入加進(jìn)去，那筆錢有12700美元。更糟糕的是，他一直知道這筆未報(bào)的收入，卻直到東窗事發(fā)后的聽證會(huì)上才指出來。而他聽證會(huì)上的表現(xiàn)像是在為他自己辯護(hù)而不是為我辯護(hù)。
這讓我被置于災(zāi)難的中央，逼迫我為和稅收根本無(wú)關(guān)的交易辯護(hù)，為那些我根本不知道和我太太認(rèn)為根本不重要的事情辯護(hù)。結(jié)果就是...看看周圍吧。
我記得曾讀到以前在大蕭條前股票大跌的時(shí)候那些富有的銀行家和商人因?yàn)橐粺o(wú)所有然后跳樓的事情。諷刺的是，60年后，在這個(gè)國(guó)家，銀行家和商人找到了如何解決經(jīng)濟(jì)問題的方法；他們從中產(chǎn)階級(jí)那里偷竊（然而中產(chǎn)階級(jí)卻蒙在鼓里，選舉是個(gè)笑話）以解決他們的經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)。當(dāng)富人們把事情搞砸時(shí)，窮人卻要為富人的錯(cuò)誤去死...（對(duì)富人來說）這難道不是個(gè)聰明又漂亮的解決方案嗎？
談到政府機(jī)構(gòu)，聯(lián)邦航空局基本上是個(gè)效率極其低下的墓碑機(jī)構(gòu)（不出人命根本不屌你P民），但航空局絕不是唯一的例子。最近的木偶總統(tǒng)喬治布什和他的“老伙計(jì)”在其執(zhí)政8年里無(wú)疑讓我們相信了這種批評(píng)適合所有的政府部門。它們不會(huì)做改變，除非出了人命或者政府里的人利益受到威脅。在這個(gè)從上到下偽善絕頂?shù)恼铮琍民的人命不值幾個(gè)錢，它們的謊言和自利的法律也一樣廉價(jià)。
我知道，我絕對(duì)不是第一個(gè)無(wú)法忍受這一切的人。我無(wú)法理解，在這個(gè)國(guó)家為什么民眾不愿再為自己的自由而獻(xiàn)身，我說的民眾不僅僅限于黑人和貧窮的移民們。我知道，在我之前有無(wú)數(shù)人為此而死，而我之后也會(huì)涌現(xiàn)更多。但是，我想說的是，如果我的生命不能作為“計(jì)數(shù)”的一個(gè)的話，我敢肯定丑陋的事情不會(huì)改變。我選擇不再對(duì)“老大哥”的扒皮抽骨熟視無(wú)睹，我選擇不再忽略周圍發(fā)生的事情，我選擇不再假裝事情可以繼續(xù)下去。我受夠了。
我希望數(shù)字（像我這樣的人的數(shù)量）越來越大以至于不能被粉飾掉，以至于喚醒那些沉睡的美國(guó)僵尸（麻木的民眾）起來暴動(dòng)；它會(huì)席卷一切。我希望我的行為不可避免地觸動(dòng)政府作出雙重標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的、下意識(shí)的反應(yīng)，這個(gè)反應(yīng)就是他們推出更多更愚蠢更苛刻的對(duì)民眾自由的限制---這些限制會(huì)驚醒人民，讓他們看清楚這些高傲的政治暴徒極其走狗的本質(zhì)。可悲的是，雖然我耗盡此生努力相信暴力可以避免，但我終于醒悟，暴力不只是答案，暴力是唯一的答案。在這個(gè)殘酷的笑話里，高高在上的那堆屎們一直知道真相，卻始終利用真相來愚弄和嘲笑我們這群愚昧的P民。
我曾經(jīng)讀過，荒唐，就是重復(fù)同樣的無(wú)意義的過程一遍又一遍，卻期待突然能有個(gè)好結(jié)果。我不要再癡迷于這種荒唐里。是的，國(guó)稅局“老大哥”們，讓我們玩點(diǎn)兒新花樣：收下我這磅肉，然后去死吧！（暗指飛機(jī)撞大樓的自殺攻擊）。
共產(chǎn)主義信條：各盡所能，按需分配。
資本主義信條：斂自愚民，貪者多得。
約·史塔克（1956-2010）
2010年2月18日
美得克薩斯州一架小飛機(jī)撞樓疑是飛行員蓄意所為
2010年02月19日 國(guó)際在線
國(guó)際在線報(bào)道(記者 韓曙)：一架小型飛機(jī)18日撞擊美國(guó)得克薩斯州奧斯汀市國(guó)稅局的辦公大樓，導(dǎo)致多人受傷并引發(fā)爆炸和大火。執(zhí)法部門初步認(rèn)為是該機(jī)駕駛員蓄意制造了這起事件。
當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間18日上午10點(diǎn)鐘左右，一架低空飛行的小型飛機(jī)突然向7層高的得克薩斯州奧斯汀市稅務(wù)大樓撞去，現(xiàn)場(chǎng)立刻發(fā)生爆炸并燃起大火。這幢有200多名職員工作的大樓頓時(shí)一片混亂。稅務(wù)局工作人員佩吉·沃克爾回憶說：“事情發(fā)生時(shí)，我覺得就像炸彈掉了下來，天花板穿了一個(gè)大洞，窗戶玻璃碎片也四處亂飛。”稅務(wù)大樓附近的一名目擊者看到飛機(jī)撞向大樓之后，“消失在一團(tuán)火球中”。
事件發(fā)生后，奧斯汀市政府緊急出動(dòng)消防隊(duì)員和警察前往現(xiàn)場(chǎng)展開救援。美國(guó)國(guó)防部也從休斯頓緊急調(diào)派2架F16戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)在奧斯汀市巡邏。根據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)叵谰痔峁┑淖钚虑闆r，稅務(wù)大樓損傷最為嚴(yán)重的是二層和三層，目前大樓里至少有1名工作人員失蹤，另外有13人被送往醫(yī)院治療，其中2人傷勢(shì)嚴(yán)重。經(jīng)過將近一天的努力，目前稅務(wù)大樓里的大火已經(jīng)被撲滅，消防員正展開仔細(xì)的搜索工作，以便確定在這一事件中是否有更多的死傷者。
事件發(fā)生后，當(dāng)?shù)鼐搅⒖涕_始了調(diào)查工作，目前查明駕駛飛機(jī)撞擊稅務(wù)局大樓的是一名男子，名叫約瑟夫·斯塔克，今年53歲，曾經(jīng)是一名軟件工程師。他撞擊大樓的原因很可能是自殺性報(bào)復(fù)。警方找到了斯塔克當(dāng)天早上在網(wǎng)上發(fā)布的一篇類似遺言的文章。斯塔克在文章中稱，他與奧斯汀市稅務(wù)部門曾經(jīng)發(fā)生過幾次口角。他還在這篇文章中指責(zé)稅務(wù)部門、美國(guó)政府的金融救援計(jì)劃和美國(guó)大公司是在對(duì)普通民眾進(jìn)行“謀殺和搶掠”。他說，他不能讓這些“大哥大”們一邊把自己“搶”個(gè)精光，一邊還監(jiān)視自己。警方還發(fā)現(xiàn)，斯塔克當(dāng)天早上還放火燒毀了自己的房屋，隨后從距離奧斯汀市30英里的喬治敦機(jī)場(chǎng)駕駛著小型飛機(jī)飛向稅務(wù)大樓。大概是由于下定了自殺的決心，斯塔克連飛行日志都沒有向機(jī)場(chǎng)方面提交。而一名目擊者表示，斯塔克駕駛的飛機(jī)沒有任何失去控制的跡象，以至于他最開始以為斯塔克的低空飛行是為了炫耀自己的技術(shù)，“沒想到他做出這么瘋狂的行為”。
在當(dāng)天下午的新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上，奧斯汀市警方表示，從目前掌握的線索看，這起撞擊稅務(wù)局大樓是“個(gè)人導(dǎo)致的獨(dú)立事件”，與恐怖襲擊無(wú)關(guān)。
事實(shí)上，小型飛機(jī)撞樓事件近年在美國(guó)時(shí)有發(fā)生。2002年1月，在佛羅里達(dá)州坦帕市，一名年僅15歲的飛行學(xué)校學(xué)生駕駛小型飛機(jī)撞擊坦帕市中心大廈自殺，所幸當(dāng)時(shí)正值周末，大廈人去樓空，并未引起嚴(yán)重后果。2006年10月，紐約一架小型飛機(jī)也撞上曼哈頓一幢大樓，有2人在事件中喪生。當(dāng)?shù)鼐秸J(rèn)為事件可能是由于飛行員駕駛技術(shù)不過硬而發(fā)生的意外。
在去年圣誕節(jié)炸機(jī)未遂事件發(fā)生之后，美國(guó)加強(qiáng)了航空安全，對(duì)國(guó)內(nèi)航班的乘客采取了嚴(yán)格的安檢措施，但許多專家表示，美國(guó)國(guó)家運(yùn)輸安全委員會(huì)似乎忽略了對(duì)小型飛機(jī)駕駛員的管控。以這起事件為例，斯塔克在駕駛飛機(jī)起飛前沒有嚴(yán)格按照機(jī)場(chǎng)規(guī)定提交飛行日志，此外他早些時(shí)候還在網(wǎng)上發(fā)布了威脅性言論，然而沒有人阻止他駕機(jī)起飛。也有專家指出，在飛行員申請(qǐng)飛行執(zhí)照時(shí)沒有嚴(yán)格的精神健康檢查，也是導(dǎo)致這一悲劇的原因之一。對(duì)此，美國(guó)前國(guó)家運(yùn)輸安全委員會(huì)副主席彼得·戈?duì)柶澅硎荆绹?guó)小型飛機(jī)為數(shù)眾多，航線也不像大型客機(jī)那樣固定，有飛行駕照的人更是林林總總，管理起來很困難，改進(jìn)管理措施還需要相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間。
========= 英文原文 =========
If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, “Why did this have to happen?” The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time. The writing process, started many months ago, was intended to be therapy in the face of the looming realization that there isn’t enough therapy in the world that can fix what is really broken. Needless to say, this rant could fill volumes with example after example if I would let it. I find the process of writing it frustrating, tedious, and probably pointless… especially given my gross inability to gracefully articulate my thoughts in light of the storm raging in my head. Exactly what is therapeutic about that I’m not sure, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
We are all taught as children that without laws there would be no society, only anarchy. Sadly, starting at early ages we in this country have been brainwashed to believe that, in return for our dedication and service, our government stands for justice for all. We are further brainwashed to believe that there is freedom in this place, and that we should be ready to lay our lives down for the noble principals represented by its founding fathers. Remember? One of these was “no taxation without representation”. I have spent the total years of my adulthood unlearning that crap from only a few years of my childhood. These days anyone who really stands up for that principal is promptly labeled a “crackpot”, traitor and worse.
While very few working people would say they haven’t had their fair share of taxes (as can I), in my lifetime I can say with a great degree of certainty that there has never been a politician cast a vote on any matter with the likes of me or my interests in mind. Nor, for that matter, are they the least bit interested in me or anything I have to say.
Why is it that a handful of thugs and plunderers can commit unthinkable atrocities (and in the case of the GM executives, for scores of years) and when it’s time for their gravy train to crash under the weight of their gluttony and overwhelming stupidity, the force of the full federal government has no difficulty coming to their aid within days if not hours? Yet at the same time, the joke we call the American medical system, including the drug and insurance companies, are murdering tens of thousands of people a year and stealing from the corpses and victims they cripple, and this country’s leaders don’t see this as important as bailing out a few of their vile, rich cronies. Yet, the political “representatives” (thieves, liars, and self-serving scumbags is far more accurate) have endless time to sit around for year after year and debate the state of the “terrible health care problem”. It’s clear they see no crisis as long as the dead people don’t get in the way of their corporate profits rolling in.
And justice? You’ve got to be kidding!
How can any rational individual explain that white elephant conundrum in the middle of our tax system and, indeed, our entire legal system? Here we have a system that is, by far, too complicated for the brightest of the master scholars to understand. Yet, it mercilessly “holds accountable” its victims, claiming that they’re responsible for fully complying with laws not even the experts understand. The law “requires” a signature on the bottom of a tax filing; yet no one can say truthfully that they understand what they are signing; if that’s not “duress” than what is. If this is not the measure of a totalitarian regime, nothing is.
How did I get here?
My introduction to the real American nightmare starts back in the early ‘80s. Unfortunately after more than 16 years of school, somewhere along the line I picked up the absurd, pompous notion that I could read and understand plain English. Some friends introduced me to a group of people who were having ‘tax code’ readings and discussions. In particular, zeroed in on a section relating to the wonderful “exemptions” that make institutions like the vulgar, corrupt Catholic Church so incredibly wealthy. We carefully studied the law (with the help of some of the “best”, high-paid, experienced tax lawyers in the business), and then began to do exactly what the “big boys” were doing (except that we weren’t steeling from our congregation or lying to the government about our massive profits in the name of God). We took a great deal of care to make it all visible, following all of the rules, exactly the way the law said it was to be done.
The intent of this exercise and our efforts was to bring about a much-needed re-evaluation of the laws that allow the monsters of organized religion to make such a mockery of people who earn an honest living. However, this is where I learned that there are two “interpretations” for every law; one for the very rich, and one for the rest of us… Oh, and the monsters are the very ones making and enforcing the laws; the inquisition is still alive and well today in this country.
That little lesson in patriotism cost me $40,000+, 10 years of my life, and set my retirement plans back to 0. It made me realize for the first time that I live in a country with an ideology that is based on a total and complete lie. It also made me realize, not only how naive I had been, but also the incredible stupidity of the American public; that they buy, hook, line, and sinker, the crap about their “freedom”… and that they continue to do so with eyes closed in the face of overwhelming evidence and all that keeps happening in front of them.
Before even having to make a shaky recovery from the sting of the first lesson on what justice really means in this country (around 1984 after making my way through engineering school and still another five years of “paying my dues”), I felt I finally had to take a chance of launching my dream of becoming an independent engineer.
On the subjects of engineers and dreams of independence, I should digress somewhat to say that I’m sure that I inherited the fascination for creative problem solving from my father. I realized this at a very young age.
The significance of independence, however, came much later during my early years of college; at the age of 18 or 19 when I was living on my own as student in an apartment in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. My neighbor was an elderly retired woman (80+ seemed ancient to me at that age) who was the widowed wife of a retired steel worker. Her husband had worked all his life in the steel mills of central Pennsylvania with promises from big business and the union that, for his 30 years of service, he would have a pension and medical care to look forward to in his retirement. Instead he was one of the thousands who got nothing because the incompetent mill management and corrupt union (not to mention the government) raided their pension funds and stole their retirement. All she had was social security to live on.
In retrospect, the situation was laughable because here I was living on peanut butter and bread (or Ritz crackers when I could afford to splurge) for months at a time. When I got to know this poor figure and heard her story I felt worse for her plight than for my own (I, after all, I thought I had everything to in front of me). I was genuinely appalled at one point, as we exchanged stories and commiserated with each other over our situations, when she in her grandmotherly fashion tried to convince me that I would be “healthier” eating cat food (like her) rather than trying to get all my substance from peanut butter and bread. I couldn’t quite go there, but the impression was made. I decided that I didn’t trust big business to take care of me, and that I would take responsibility for my own future and myself.
Return to the early ‘80s, and here I was off to a terrifying start as a ‘wet-behind-the-ears’ contract software engineer... and two years later, thanks to the fine backroom, midnight effort by the sleazy executives of Arthur Andersen (the very same folks who later brought us Enron and other such calamities) and an equally sleazy New York Senator (Patrick Moynihan), we saw the passage of 1986 tax reform act with its section 1706.
For you who are unfamiliar, here is the core text of the IRS Section 1706, defining the treatment of workers (such as contract engineers) for tax purposes. Visit this link for a conference committee report (http://www.synergistech.com/1706.shtml#ConferenceCommitteeRepor
SEC. 1706. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.
(a) IN GENERAL - Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
(d) EXCEPTION. - This section shall not apply in the case of an individual who pursuant to an arrangement between the taxpayer and another person, provides services for such other person as an engineer, designer, drafter, computer programmer, systems analyst, or other similarly skilled worker engaged in a similar line of work.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE. - The amendment made by this section shall apply to remuneration paid and services rendered after December 31, 1986.
Note:
· "another person" is the client in the traditional job-shop relationship.
· "taxpayer" is the recruiter, broker, agency, or job shop.
· "individual", "employee", or "worker" is you.
Admittedly, you need to read the treatment to understand what it is saying but it’s not very complicated. The bottom line is that they may as well have put my name right in the text of section (d). Moreover, they could only have been more blunt if they would have came out and directly declared me a criminal and non-citizen slave. Twenty years later, I still can’t believe my eyes.
During 1987, I spent close to $5000 of my ‘pocket change’, and at least 1000 hours of my time writing, printing, and mailing to any senator, congressman, governor, or slug that might listen; none did, and they universally treated me as if I was wasting their time. I spent countless hours on the L.A. freeways driving to meetings and any and all of the disorganized professional groups who were attempting to mount a campaign against this atrocity. This, only to discover that our efforts were being easily derailed by a few moles from the brokers who were just beginning to enjoy the windfall from the new declaration of their “freedom”. Oh, and don’t forget, for all of the time I was spending on this, I was loosing income that I couldn’t bill clients.
After months of struggling it had clearly gotten to be a futile exercise. The best we could get for all of our trouble is a pronouncement from an IRS mouthpiece that they weren’t going to enforce that provision (read harass engineers and scientists). This immediately proved to be a lie, and the mere existence of the regulation began to have its impact on my bottom line; this, of course, was the intended effect.
Again, rewind my retirement plans back to 0 and shift them into idle. If I had any sense, I clearly should have left abandoned engineering and never looked back.
Instead I got busy working 100-hour workweeks. Then came the L.A. depression of the early 1990s. Our leaders decided that they didn’t need the all of those extra Air Force bases they had in Southern California, so they were closed; just like that. The result was economic devastation in the region that rivaled the widely publicized Texas S&L fiasco. However, because the government caused it, no one gave a shit about all of the young families who lost their homes or street after street of boarded up houses abandoned to the wealthy loan companies who received government funds to “shore up” their windfall. Again, I lost my retirement.
Years later, after weathering a divorce and the constant struggle trying to build some momentum with my business, I find myself once again beginning to finally pick up some speed. Then came the .COM bust and the 911 nightmare. Our leaders decided that all aircraft were grounded for what seemed like an eternity; and long after that, ‘special’ facilities like San Francisco were on security alert for months. This made access to my customers prohibitively expensive. Ironically, after what they had done the Government came to the aid of the airlines with billions of our tax dollars … as usual they left me to rot and die while they bailed out their rich, incompetent cronies WITH MY MONEY! After these events, there went my business but not quite yet all of my retirement and savings.
By this time, I’m thinking that it might be good for a change. Bye to California, I’ll try Austin for a while. So I moved, only to find out that this is a place with a highly inflated sense of self-importance and where damn little real engineering work is done. I’ve never experienced such a hard time finding work. The rates are 1/3 of what I was earning before the crash, because pay rates here are fixed by the three or four large companies in the area who are in collusion to drive down prices and wages… and this happens because the justice department is all on the take and doesn’t give a fuck about serving anyone or anything but themselves and their rich buddies.
To survive, I was forced to cannibalize my savings and retirement, the last of which was a small IRA. This came in a year with mammoth expenses and not a single dollar of income. I filed no return that year thinking that because I didn’t have any income there was no need. The sleazy government decided that they disagreed. But they didn’t notify me in time for me to launch a legal objection so when I attempted to get a protest filed with the court I was told I was no longer entitled to due process because the time to file ran out. Bend over for another $10,000 helping of justice.
So now we come to the present. After my experience with the CPA world, following the business crash I swore that I’d never enter another accountant’s office again. But here I am with a new marriage and a boatload of undocumented income, not to mention an expensive new business asset, a piano, which I had no idea how to handle. After considerable thought I decided that it would be irresponsible NOT to get professional help; a very big mistake.
When we received the forms back I was very optimistic that they were in order. I had taken all of the years information to Bill Ross, and he came back with results very similar to what I was expecting. Except that he had neglected to include the contents of Sheryl’s unreported income; $12,700 worth of it. To make matters worse, Ross knew all along this was missing and I didn’t have a clue until he pointed it out in the middle of the audit. By that time it had become brutally evident that he was representing himself and not me.
This left me stuck in the middle of this disaster trying to defend transactions that have no relationship to anything tax-related (at least the tax-related transactions were poorly documented). Things I never knew anything about and things my wife had no clue would ever matter to anyone. The end result is… well, just look around.
I remember reading about the stock market crash before the “great” depression and how there were wealthy bankers and businessmen jumping out of windows when they realized they screwed up and lost everything. Isn’t it ironic how far we’ve come in 60 years in this country that they now know how to fix that little economic problem; they just steal from the middle class (who doesn’t have any say in it, elections are a joke) to cover their asses and it’s “business-as-usual”. Now when the wealthy fuck up, the poor get to die for the mistakes… isn’t that a clever, tidy solution.
As government agencies go, the FAA is often justifiably referred to as a tombstone agency, though they are hardly alone. The recent presidential puppet GW Bush and his cronies in their eight years certainly reinforced for all of us that this criticism rings equally true for all of the government. Nothing changes unless there is a body count (unless it is in the interest of the wealthy sows at the government trough). In a government full of hypocrites from top to bottom, life is as cheap as their lies and their self-serving laws.
I know I’m hardly the first one to decide I have had all I can stand. It has always been a myth that people have stopped dying for their freedom in this country, and it isn’t limited to the blacks, and poor immigrants. I know there have been countless before me and there are sure to be as many after. But I also know that by not adding my body to the count, I insure nothing will change. I choose to not keep looking over my shoulder at “big brother” while he strips my carcass, I choose not to ignore what is going on all around me, I choose not to pretend that business as usual won’t continue; I have just had enough.
I can only hope that the numbers quickly get too big to be white washed and ignored that the American zombies wake up and revolt; it will take nothing less. I would only hope that by striking a nerve that stimulates the inevitable double standard, knee-jerk government reaction that results in more stupid draconian restrictions people wake up and begin to see the pompous political thugs and their mindless minions for what they are. Sadly, though I spent my entire life trying to believe it wasn’t so, but violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer. The cruel joke is that the really big chunks of shit at the top have known this all along and have been laughing, at and using this awareness against, fools like me all along.
I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let’s try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well.
The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed.
Joe Stack (1956-2010)
02/18/2010
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