the IRS want's blood and more

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So substitute "gift" for "prize". How does that change anything? The article uses the word "prize".

"The prizes Lopez received are estimated to be worth more than $32,000 -- and, like game show contestants, Lopez may have to pay taxes on the gifts and prizes because the IRS considers them income.

Some estimate the IRS will put Lopez on the hook for anywhere between $5,000 and $13,000, reports the Daily News.

If it comes down to that, Lopez says he'll pay the tax man because he's not about to relinquish his seats. The young government major says his family and friends will help him out.

"The IRS has a job to do, so I'm not going to hold it against them, but it would be cool if they helped me out a little on this," Lopez told the News."

That being said, I agree with Kenneth. He should have kept the ball.

so quoting an OPINION makes it a fact?

do you understand the difference between a gift and a prize? i don't think you do, based on your posts.

 

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He was a dumbass for giving back that ball to Jetter?!! Why? He has a $100,000 debt in student loans?! I hope the IRS gets their money too! That ball may have been worth $250,000, that would have taken care of that student loan debt and pay the IRS too, with some money left over!

ken, you post a bunch of stories about greed being bad and how it is hurting America and now you call a guy who is not greedy a dumbass for not being so?