But if you give it all to ONE person, then it can trickle down and help out the rest of us.
Zharen
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Originally posted by srussell0018
But if you give it all to ONE person, then it can trickle down and help out the rest of us.
THAT'S THE GOP WAY! :happy2:
_Ocean_Drive_
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EddieZilker
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Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_
LOL. It's nothing to with Class Warfare, I just think that ONE person winning that amoutn is a very bad thing. 250 people winning $2m would surely be better, no? Imagine that amount of money falling into the hands of some sick and twisted individual.
I was actually joking but I really think even the most decent person with that kind of scratch would have a hard time avoiding its implicit moral hazards. I know they've done psychological evaluations of people who have gotten large amounts of cash and found that they are as happy and content as someone who has recently been involved in a serious automobile accident. The unfortunate thing about having all that money is no one is protected against all the bull that comes with having it along with the con-artists that are lined up around the block, waiting to take it from you. There's no doubt, I could probably solve a lot of problems with that kind of cash but there are still problems that occur for having it. In a lot of regards, I think there's some truth to the old Persian curse: that no one is more miserable than the man who has everything he wants.
srussell0018
I would love to put that curse to the test.
jester
Now that be something.
aNYthing
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Originally posted by EddieZilker
I was actually joking but I really think even the most decent person with that kind of scratch would have a hard time avoiding its implicit moral hazards. I know they've done psychological evaluations of people who have gotten large amounts of cash and found that they are as happy and content as someone who has recently been involved in a serious automobile accident. The unfortunate thing about having all that money is no one is protected against all the bull that comes with having it along with the con-artists that are lined up around the block, waiting to take it from you. There's no doubt, I could probably solve a lot of problems with that kind of cash but there are still problems that occur for having it. In a lot of regards, I think there's some truth to the old Persian curse: that no one is more miserable than the man who has everything he wants.
ain't that the truth... but I'll just leave this here:
Favorite quote at 2:21
aNYthing
It's up to MIND-BOGGLING
640 MIL
think about that for a second. to say that it's an insane amount of loot is to say nothing at all. Yet, here's one of the most insightful commentaries I ever read on FOX. yes. Fox. of all places.
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How to win the Mega Millions jackpot
By Dr. Keith Ablow
Published March 28, 2012 | FoxNews.com
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Mega Millions, the $500 million lottery jackpot is currently at its highest level -- ever. The jackpot is up for grabs this Friday night.
The fever to buy Mega Millions lottery tickets is understandable. After all, having nearly half-a-billion dollars—or even a fraction of that—would end almost anyone’s present concerns about money and change that person’s life forever.
I want to tell you the absolute truth about getting rich, though. I’ve learned it over decades spent talking to people from every imaginable socioeconomic statum, at a very deep level—billionaires and the homeless, CEOs and people on public assistance, U.S. Senators and young people who haven’t ever taken the opportunity to vote.
True wealth is only one thing—always, and without exception—and it has nothing to whatsoever to do with cash: It is the absolute, unshakable knowledge that you love yourself, are loved by another human being, have the capacity to love others and understand that love is immeasurable, inexplicable and evidence of a force greater than any one person or, perhaps, all that is mortal.
The enormous sum of $476 million will just be fuel taking you deeper into a black hole of despair if you harbor questions about whether you’re really worth anything at all, at your core. -- And I mean worth a father’s time spent unselfishly with you as a child. I mean, worth a friend’s devoted attention. I mean, worth a husband or wife’s real devotion. I mean, worth the respect of honest critics. But, first and foremost, I mean worth investing in yourself by doing the work you truly love in this life, by surrounding yourself with people who truly care about you, by shaking off the self-defeating habits that roil your mind or body and are rooted in self-hatred or self-doubt.
If you won the lottery and came to my office Saturday morning, I would tell you our work together to get you to that giant pot at the end of the rainbow—that treasure called true self-esteem—had just gotten about 476 million times tougher. Because money gained through anything other than labor, creativity, courage and commitment is far more likely than not to obscure the path toward real richness.
I’m not kidding myself here. I wouldn’t turn down the jackpot. I would probably get fooled by it, too.
I would assume I was a free man, now with a clear runway to fully become the person I should be. But the fact that I—a psychiatrist and a person who deeply believes the words I am writing here—would still get high on such a massive cash infusion, only shows how potent a drug it would be.
Freedom never comes from money. Ever. It comes from self-expression, which requires genuine character. It is a function of whether you are willing to express yourself more, even if that could mean having less to show for it.
Again, I am not someone who hates wealth. Far from it. I am happy when people make a bundle doing something true to themselves.
I celebrate the work of true artists whose canvases end up netting them millions.
I love the fact that taking a risk to create a business you always wanted to start might make you fabulously rich.
But if you want to feel like you’ve won more than you could ever take home on Saturday, make Saturday the day you resolve—with dead-solid conviction—to follow your heart and express what you are here on earth to express.
That is priceless.
That is something that—were my son or daughter to trade it for half-a-billion dollars—they would find me literally in tears over what I had failed to teach them about truth and treasure.
Originally posted by EddieZilker
I was actually joking but I really think even the most decent person with that kind of scratch would have a hard time avoiding its implicit moral hazards. I know they've done psychological evaluations of people who have gotten large amounts of cash and found that they are as happy and content as someone who has recently been involved in a serious automobile accident. The unfortunate thing about having all that money is no one is protected against all the bull that comes with having it along with the con-artists that are lined up around the block, waiting to take it from you. There's no doubt, I could probably solve a lot of problems with that kind of cash but there are still problems that occur for having it. In a lot of regards, I think there's some truth to the old Persian curse: that no one is more miserable than the man who has everything he wants.
You are such a deep individual. Really deep.
ShabbaRANNx
Not trying to on everyone's strawberry's but does anyone realize you won't see even close to that amount if you won?
Firstly, you only get the full amount $640 if you agree to take it split into 30 x annual payments.
If you go for the lump sum, then you get 50% of it, meaning $320m.
Sure that's still a lot of money, but then you could be taxed close to 40% in federal taxes, then it's likely state taxes will apply. Then there's capital gains on any interest and let's not forget, your expenditure just for living is going to skyrocket (24/7 managed security, ID theft protection, need to move house (I mean you're really going to live in the same hovel?) and all those vintage cars are going to be expensive to maintain....I could go on but you get the point; the more you win, the more expensive life will get.
Flec
i dont know shabba,
if i won, i would go on a all inclusive vacation @ $2000.00 a week for an entire year
= 104k
im pretty sure that the interest i would make on 100 million in the bank could cover that indefinitly
zGoogleman
High end hookers for me. No more black hoes that have warts and chit.
