Reply #89: His family wasn't in the house when he set it on fire.

[girl gone mad]

I think your statement is a distortion. I also don't think he was trying to game the IRS, after reading from other independent tech contractors who had the same issues with the IRS - the system does appear to have been designed to extort money from them. I do have sympathy for his struggles in this area. Anyone who has been self-employed or run a small business knows how utterly rigged the tax code and regulatory environment is to favor large corporations.

However, murdering an innocent worker is obviously inexcusable.