For tax purposes, it's better to get murdered by a terrorist than a street thug

[ladysycamore]

Originally posted by Nothing But Net
While doing my tax return tonight I stumbled across this at the IRS website: Tax relief for victims of terrorist attacks

So, for my heirs, it would be far more profitable if I died because some asshole bombed or flew a plane into my workplace, instead of some shithead blowing me away with a 9mm for no reason while robbing me at my minimum-wage convenience store job.

I'm not Ted Rall, but somehow this seems just unfair, and wrong.

Can anyone explain this to me?

Wow, I had no idea. So, does that mean if I get murdered by a Klan member, that my relatives will get a tax break?

After all, the Klan ARE terrorists by definition (using terror to coerce, intimidate, and futher political agenda). But, seems as though the US can't (or won't) acknowledge that. Won't see *them* on Bush's "axis of evil" list.

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