US Lotto

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
That 😕

Bofetada 😛

Originally posted by Trev33
You have 500 tickets, right? 😉

How much is a ticket anyway? Been watching people queue (how do you say that in American English? I'm sure you spell it differently) for them on TV today. I'd buy a few tickets, but not if it meant queuing for more than 5 mins.

We say queue up. Tickets are a dollar. I didn't buy one.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
We say queue up. Tickets are a dollar. I didn't buy one.

I was tempted to head over to Port Huron, Michigan to get one but realized that I'd have to give up 25% in US taxes so the trip for a possible paltry (approx) $500 million wasn't worth the effort to say nothing of "lining up" at the border (there and back) and at the lottry ticket kiosk then add into the equation the cost of gas, my time...the list goes on. Did anyone win? If you say yes and that the winning ticket was purchased in Port Huron I'd...

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
That 😕

applause for your dad joke.

Two winners.. one in California, one in Georgia. Better luck next time.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
So check it out.

The current cash payout is $341M.
Then you get taxed. Call that tax $130M.
That leaves you about $211M as your little nest egg.
Figure you can get 10% return on that.
That puts you at $21.1M/year.
But good ol' Uncle Sam wants his 38% for capital gains.
That leaves you with $13M after those taxes.
So now, you are tasked with spen ...[text shortened]... month of the year for the rest of your life, without ever touching your nest egg!

Good luck.

Thanks to GW Bush, the capital gains tax is now 15%.

This is really how the rich keep (and increase!) their millions.



Getting a tax increase is child's play compared to the brouhaha that would ensue if you tried to raise the capital gains tax. Congress would defend that one tooth and nail, probably even going so far as to call it a "brake on the economic recovery of the nation". And the 'sheeple' (aka that large portion of the country that is barely above the poverty line and yet still considers themselves 'conservative' ) would fall all over themselves to fight it.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
We say queue up. Tickets are a dollar. I didn't buy one.

What part of the country do you live in??

Where I come from, we don't say "queue" anything.

We say 'line up", or "stand in line", or "hey, buddy, the back of the line is back here".

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
¿Que?

Not even the same pronunciation.

'cue' vs. 'kay'.

Originally posted by Suzianne
Not even the same pronunciation.

'cue' vs. 'kay'.

Depends if you're from Quebec, then it's altogether different.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Hardly worth buying a ticket.

I laughed out loud.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
I was tempted to head over to Port Huron, Michigan to get one but realized that I'd have to give up 25% in US taxes so the trip for a possible paltry (approx) $500 million wasn't worth the effort to say nothing of "lining up" at the border (there and back) and at the lottry ticket kiosk then add into the equation the cost of gas, my time...the list g ...[text shortened]... n. Did anyone win? If you say yes and that the winning ticket was purchased in Port Huron I'd...

Good Lord, you're from the Sarnhole. I feel for you.

Originally posted by darvlay
Good Lord, you're from the Sarnhole. I feel for you.

Where did I say I was from there? That's like you saying I'm going to Buffalo and me assuming you live in Fort Erie.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Where did I say I was from there? That's like you saying I'm going to Buffalo and me assuming you live in Fort Erie.

Thank God, Stees. I was scared for a moment.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Where did I say I was from there? That's like you saying I'm going to Buffalo and me assuming you live in Fort Erie.

Is that like someone saying, "Good lord, man, what makes you think I live in San Francisco? They're nothing but fruitcakes over there," when they live just over the bay in Oakland?

Or, "I wouldn't live in Detroit if you paid me," when they live across the river in Windsor?

Or, "I don't live in Dallas, I wouldn't be caught dead in Dallas," when they live in Ft. Worth?

Originally posted by Suzianne
Is that like someone saying, "Good lord, man, what makes you think I live in San Francisco? They're nothing but fruitcakes over there," when they live just over the bay in Oakland?

Or, "I wouldn't live in Detroit if you paid me," when they live across the river in Windsor?

Or, "I don't live in Dallas, I wouldn't be caught dead in Dallas," when they live in Ft. Worth?

No, it's not. But nice try.

Also, Windsor and Detroit are nothing alike.