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The taxman cometh and cometh and cometh

A libertarian site waxes indignant that Jeopardy's James Holzhauer owes a boatload of taxes on his winnings.

Well, no kidding. Just because you made your money by questioning answers doesn't make the loot tax-free. As a couple hundred million people could tell you, the IRS always wants your cash. Now.

The linked story reckons that James owes something like $1.17 million. That's a leetle more than I usually have to pay. My own relationship with the IRS hasn't been too rocky, though they just dinged me a couple hundred bucks for underwitholding, or whatever.

James still gets to keep $1.29 million, by the libertarian site's calculations. Just hope he doesn't squander it all on bad sports bets. But from what I hear, he's pretty sharp about betting on those silly little games. He's even got his own baseball card.

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