aztecgoods
07-18-2006, 09:43 AM
Yes I am a Survivor freak (I really don't know why, you would think with my background I would be anti-reality TV, but nonetheless, I love the genre) Anyway, I was re-watching Survivor 1 on OLN and the infamous speech by that Troll Sue Hawk, watched Rich Hatch win the first million etc. all over again, and was just thinking how life can really turn on a dime. He wins a million, thinks its going to really change his life and it did, probably could have been set for life if he played his cards right, but he didn't.
Now a mere 4-6 years later, he is sitting in Prison on tax evasion charges. Life ruined (pretty much) That million with IRS penalties has no doubt dwindled to nothing. I am sure the IRS took whatever he did not blow. From experience I had a mere $1500 mistake turn into owing around $7 grand one time with the IRS because of interest and penalties they tack on. With that million dollar mistake he made, I am sure what he owed was more than what he had not already blown.
So now he is sitting in jail, broke, when he was on top of the world a few years back (rich) now everything is gone and he has to start over. At least I've never made that bad of a mistake. #1 rule, don't mess with the IRS. I know I never will, they will always win. But what an ironic story. From rags to riches to rags again.
Now a mere 4-6 years later, he is sitting in Prison on tax evasion charges. Life ruined (pretty much) That million with IRS penalties has no doubt dwindled to nothing. I am sure the IRS took whatever he did not blow. From experience I had a mere $1500 mistake turn into owing around $7 grand one time with the IRS because of interest and penalties they tack on. With that million dollar mistake he made, I am sure what he owed was more than what he had not already blown.
So now he is sitting in jail, broke, when he was on top of the world a few years back (rich) now everything is gone and he has to start over. At least I've never made that bad of a mistake. #1 rule, don't mess with the IRS. I know I never will, they will always win. But what an ironic story. From rags to riches to rags again.