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4. "The Brazilian government announced that MCI WorldCom would be responsible for $550 million in back taxes owed by a former state-owned telephone company that MCI WorldCom bought last year . Brazil admitted that MCI WorldCom had been assured, in writing, that it would not be responsible for the back taxes but said tax authorities had re-evaluated the situation.
According to the Wall Street Journal "Tax Report," some 3,000 taxpayers recently received notices from the IRS informing them that they each owed the agency $300,000,000.
It has to do with the kidnapping of the young wife of a millionaire (also named Lebowski) and debts owed to a porn impresario.
The Clintonites owed this portion of their victory in part to shrewd preparation: For weeks, they had argued that Starr was in "collusion" with Jones' lawyers.
Predictably, the post office is owed approximately that same amount by the government.