Richard Hatch in trouble with the IRS

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Jan 19 2005, 12:03 PM\']Or, better yet, don't tax income at all.  It's not as if the government couldn't get along without it. ...

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I've heard a lot of reports on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight about corporate outsourcing and illegal immigration, and how our government is actually encouraging these economy-killers.  With fewer employees earning lower wages, Congress may soon have to rely on game show winners to make up all that lost tax revenue.

ObGS: Lou Dobbs's lead-out, Anderson Cooper, was part of Jeopardy!'s Power Players Week last year.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jan 19 2005, 12:56 PM\']ObGS: Lou Dobbs's lead-out, Anderson Cooper, was part of Jeopardy!'s Power Players Week last year.

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Man, if yer gonna use Anderson Cooper as an ObGS, at least spot him The Mole...

[chris319]

Taxation of game/reality show winnings would be a moot point entirely if a consumption tax were enacted:

http://linder.house.gov/index.cfm?Fuseacti...e&Resource_id=1

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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 19 2005, 02:57 PM\']Man, if yer gonna use Anderson Cooper as an ObGS, at least spot him The Mole...

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I almost did, Chris. :-)

ObMole: Season 1 is coming to DVD on March 8.

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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 08:13 PM\'][quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 03:36 PM\']I have to wonder...how the hell did it take the IRS four and a half years to notice that a guy who was all over television for months on end hadn't given them any money?

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Yeah, it makes you wonder how many OTHER people with significantly lower profiles have not claimed income of that magnitude over the last several years and totally escaped the IRS's radars....

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Which is why tax-deal lawyers do so well...

But, seriously, the original question is right:  50 million people knew this guy won a million on the first Survivor.  How could THAT have gotten past the government???

[vtown7]

I guess the system sorta works for Canucks... I had to pay a lofty 37% off my Wheel winnings, but probably got about 25-30% back so I can't complain too much

Ryan