[domeika]

The wife and I were talking about the lottery, and some examples (as in bad examples) of people who hit it big, just to ultimately crash and burn later. I did a search and came across this story, and what caught my eye was that it said she gave heavily to politics.....okay, I'll bite, and I'd bet my eye-teeth this person is a democrat. Needless to say, I still have my teeth, which is probably more than this moobat has left. So, in case anyone ever wonders just where in the hell the democrats find moonbats with money to fund their sick sorry a$$es, this is a glimpse into it. She didn't give it all to politics, but she certainly gave too much. The laughable part is that after this woman started giving, the vampire rats were beating down her door. I wonder if the party of compassion gives her a call now and then just to see how she's doing? Nah, that host is a dried out husk. Time to move on to the next victim. However, even though this idiot won a huge chunk and then lost it all through multiple acts of stupidity, I'd bet her politics have not changed. I'd bet she still wants to "give", and as a true democrat, the money doesn't neccesarily have to belong to her....your's and mine will do just fine.

All I can really say is that by her being bankrupt, that's at least one source of funds the rats can't tap anymore.

I also have to include that I don't have enough middle fingers to let a person like that know how truly sorry I am for them.

[Domandred]

18 million is well over the amount needed to live a normal person standard of living for the rest of your life, on the interest alone, and never work again.

No sympathy for these lottery winning idiots.

[proxy_user]

It you win $18 million, you get about 60% if you take a lump sum and pay 40-45% in tax. They therefore should have received about $6.6 million or so.

If you invest that at 4%, which is not difficult if you are willing to take some risks, your lifetime income is $264K a year plus capital gains, without touching the principal.

But people who think like that don’t play the lottery....

[calex59]

Until she files documents related to her finances, it is unclear exactly how she fell into insolvency.

Stupidity sounds like the real cause and an absolute failure in doing the simple math required in order to figure out you are spending money faster than you are making it, kinda like the US government.

[3niner]

I met a lottery winner once. She was a single mom with a teenage son, and she was "rich" when she joined our country club.

A couple of years later she left our club. I asked about her and was told that she was "broke".

I understand this happens with a lot of lottery winners.

[FourPeas]

One of the worst curses a person can have is winning the lottery.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I have a theory that money magnifies what is already in
your life - habits, discipline, character - for good or
for bad...