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Nowadays they apply a massive amount of taxes when you win ANYTHING

I heard a radio interview with the producer of "The Price Is Right" TV show. I believe he said about half the people cannot afford to pay the taxes if they win a car on the show, and while some already own nice enough cars that they can sell to pay the taxes so that they can keep the new car they "won", many have to immediately sell the car to pay the taxes, though he says they try to get the dealers who supply the cars (they get the cars through a dealer near the winners home) to try to work out any resales of the car for the winner so they (the winners) don't get "worked over" too much on the deal.

there was an episode of the Andy Griffith show back in the B&W era and aunt Bea won a bunch of appliances on a quiz show...she had to sell them to pay the irs...tax man came to mayberry....this has been going on for way too long.