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To: Antoninus

A lot of these powerball and lottery winners have bad to very bad outcomes.

There is even a TV show about how these sudden, huge amounts of cash have destroyed people’s lives - people who didn’t know how to handle it.


8 posted on 08/13/2025 8:05:56 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: Bon of Babble
I've heard many of these stories and the main thread is that winning generally leads to unhappiness among the associations of the winner, including the winners themselves. In other words it has the power to destroy lives.

Think about it, the lottery, albeit voluntary, is a regressive tax. It takes from the poor and gives to the rich.

10 posted on 08/13/2025 8:20:24 AM PDT by omni-scientist
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To: Bon of Babble

I aint scared. Give it to me.


13 posted on 08/13/2025 8:23:37 AM PDT by Delta 21 (None of us are descendants of fearful men!)
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