O Lord, curse me!
Neil Boortz was right about lotto winners afterall !
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You can take the man out of the trailer, but you can’t take the trailer out of the man.
There are many who feel cursed by some heavy thing in their life, and their are others who cannot free themselves from the thing the have become...
but God can free us. What became a curse becomes a blessing, and what binds us is broken; no matter the burden, be it gold or the grave, it becomes Grace in the hands of God.
His biggest mistake was to go public and appear on TV shows.
Ever since I sat down and thought through it, and realized that if lightning ever struck, and I did win it, that it would be one of the worst possible things that could happen to me, I stopped buying powerball tickets.
He certainly made some bad decisions, and I suspect the roots of some of the problems predate his winning the lottery. It’s still a very sad story, though.
Well, he needed to adopt “ef off” as his middle name. His life would have become so much easier.
The ABC story didn’t shed near enough light on this story. He had an opportunity to seed a lot of money into businesses into this state to help stir the economy. Yet the only thing he stirs up is jackassery. I feel no pity for the man or his family.
I always figured keep it quiet, low profile, never say how much you won IF you even tell anyone you did. Probably better not too at all. make graceful exits from your job, have a cover story, interview financial advisors, invest, diversify.
You have a new job, manage that money.
GET OUT OF DODGE.
Slowly start building your new life, and be smart about it.
These people go ape, they tell the world, they spend gobs of money foolishly though perhaps good intentioned, they are reckless.
That kind of money is not money anymore.
It is an engine. It is a gift that must be respected because of the amazing things you can do with it.
Short term yeah, you can put on a show and blow gobs like this guy did.
long term, you could do SO much more good work for people, investing it, growing it, managing it properly.
Sad. They should counsel winners about this stuff.
I will gladly take the money....
.....I know I can deal with it a whole lot better than this guy.
El Rushbo himself has spoken about how all the money changed his life.
Its pretty scary and dangerous.
If it happened to me I would have to totally change my life and put everyone who I know now out of my life.
The least you can do if you win a jackpot is to collect it in secret.
When I was sixteen my dad bought me a new car. I went out and got drunk and totalled it.
So he bought me a new car. I went out and got drunk and totalled it.
So he bought me a new car.
I think my dad’s trying to kill me. (I forget the comic’s name)
A sad story and sadly he still doesn't get it. He was engaged in a life of sin before winning the lottery and it only got worse after he won the lotto. For real freedom he needs to repent and turn to God.
Everybody else’s fault except his own. Phooey!
Sounds to me like this guy didn’t keep his wits about him and tried to be Santa Claus, and it bit him in the rear. I’ve bought about five lottery tickets in my lifetime of nearly a half-century, so there’s no likelihood of me ever being in this guy’s shoes, there’s more likelihood of me being named the czar of Russia in a revived Romanov Dynasty. But if lightning should ever strike, I have a game plan that I would not deviate from. First off, I’d put enough of it in some type of annuity, etc., to where I’d get $50k, $60K off of it annually without touching the principal just as an insurance policy. I’d pay for a house so that nobody can throw me out of it. I’d put some aside for the kids’ education, and that’s ALL they would get handed to them and that would be cut off if they tank in school. The only toy I’d buy would be a Martin D-45 guitar and my wife being able to quit work would be enough of a toy for her. FYI, I would not quit working, I’d go crazy if I did, I’m one of those folks who’ll croak in six weeks if I ever retire. The rest of it would go up and would be dipped into on a case-by-case basis, and I damn sure wouldn’t try to save the world and be Santa Claus and make everybody love me and take care of leeching relatives, that’s an invitation for these kinds of troubles.