really?

Reply #27

helpmewin — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:28:26 GMT

Reply #26

Artist77 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:22:17 GMT

Actually fish can get cramps and bloating after eating. If you have pond fish, you are not supposed to feed them late in the day since the food remains in their stomach when they slow down and it promotes baterial growth. More than you ever wanted to know about fish I am sure.

Reply #25

haymaker — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:09:21 GMT

Good ?s all.

When 7-11 got started it was open from 7am til 11pm back in the slow old days,

if you were to start that endeavor today you would call it 24/365.

same as motel 6, rooms were $6 a night, want something a little nicer ? then your choice is super 8,

of course now that would be motel 68 and super 82.

Reply #24

LottoBoner — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:21:37 GMT

Our official LP philosopher.

Reply #23

LottoBoner — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:19:28 GMT

Those pipes are for tabacco and whippet parties.

Reply #22

SergeM — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:14:37 GMT

They forgot to forbid the pipes.

Reply #21

SergeM — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:06:22 GMT

Let's think in figures.

You earned a two thousand USD, and after taxes, insurance and other, you still have a bit more than half left?

You play with money that you could save for later or just new cloths and fresh food. (...)

You win 4 millions and let's say the taxes take 1 million, you have 3 millions left.

Of the 3 millions for anything you buy, there are maybe 30% taxes in the price.

So 4*0.75*0.70 would be the net.

Every year there is inflation, so in twenty years this mon... [ More ]

Reply #20

SergeM — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:00:54 GMT

Personally I think that a winner should not be taxed. Your money for the gambling was already taxed and net.

The payouts are already low as the lottery keeps money for itself. Pattel gets his share too.

Reply #19

billionaire2bee — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:37:02 GMT

Ive asked the people who sell those pipes and they say it is for display purposes only but what you do with it away from their establishment is your business...

Reply #18

helpmewin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:49:38 GMT

i don't know what your talking about

if you don't want to play the lottery because you think things are so unfair then don't play..

like cigarettes if you want to smoke then don't complain if you get lung cancer...

Freedom is Choice God Bless America

Reply #17

helpmewin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:34:27 GMT

what was the question

Reply #16

maringoman — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:17:16 GMT

Your question has been answered well by rcbbuckeye. Financial Management 101 is a class that expains all that and more. IMHO it should be taught in high schools given its importance in todays complex financial environment.

Reply #15

JonnyBgood07 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:09:56 GMT

you forgot one...

Why is marijuana illegal yet it's legal to buy a pipe to smoke it

Reply #14

Uluska — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:03:27 GMT

helpmewin, I know what is the reason to complain. Lottery impoverishes the population of players, a lot, considering that the level of impoverishment is higher than yearly inflation percentage, in most lotteries immensely higher. Even after someone wins, money comes, of course, from the population of players that gets poorer and poorer, yet even those money have to be taxed. This seems outrageous. To hope that tax money will do good for the country, who knows, do we have ways of checking where t... [ More ]

Reply #13

RJOh — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:01:50 GMT

You got one thing in your favor, your odds of ever having to do that are the same as your odds or winning a lottery jackpot. Chances are you'll never have to do that but if you do you'll be paying the same tax rate as someone who physically earned the same amount of money.

The annuity amount doesn't exists, it's the expected returned if the cash is invested for 25-30 years and you only use a small potion of the cash during those years. It's like saying every time you spend $50 on a carton of... [ More ]

Reply #12

billionaire2bee — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:50:33 GMT

Your getting millions of dollars for a couple dollars investment......cmon do you really care how much you have to pay in taxes??? You got the very best return you could for your investment and your worried about taxes....shoot pay what you gotta and go live your millionaire lifestyle....I'd love to have this problem I win millions of dollars and have to pay half of it....please let me have this problem

Reply #11

helpmewin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:51:11 GMT

Reply #10

Ronnie316 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:46:01 GMT

The same reason they call cash cold and hard Why oh why said the bird to the fly, My oh my.....

Reply #9

helpmewin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:33:41 GMT

why ask why?

How can someone draw a blank ?

Why do they call them apartments when they are all stuck together?

Why is it called a building when it is already built?

Why do they make cars go so fast its illegal?

Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the

doors?

If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?

Why a... [ More ]

Reply #8

Ronnie316 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:14:44 GMT

I thought the same thing until I came to LP. It seems like they are taking half the money when in reality they are doubling the size of the actual prize for advertising purposes.

Reply #7

Ronnie316 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:11:39 GMT

Why make the state the manager of your money when the free market has BETTER managers

Reply #6

helpmewin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:08:27 GMT

nice

Reply #5

helpmewin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:04:46 GMT

i don't understand why would anyone complain, after all if a person should happen to WIN BIG it's Still FREE money right?

i on the other hand would never take the cash option.

Reply #4

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:24:43 GMT

The CASH VALUE is the REAL jackpot. They invest the cash amount to achieve the annuity over a certain period of years. Just like if you take the cash and invest it yourself.

Taxes, well, they get paid no matter what option you choose.

Reply #3

CinCin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:13:21 GMT

Reply #2

rowlettewheel — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:59:55 GMT

ok still don't like it tho :) so if i invest the amount they give me and do my own annuity payments it will take 20 years to get what i was SUPPOSED to win that was advertised in the first place

Reply #1

Original Bey — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:43:17 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D2_3_qbjf0

really?

rowlettewheel — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:40:25 GMT

over the years of seeing the lottery jack pot is 5,000,000.00 cash option 2.5 after taxes 1.3..... wow what BS.....why `should you lose HALF if you take the cash option, you did'nt give them HALF A PAYMENT WHEN YOU BOUGHT THE TICKET.... who thinks there should be a lottery that what is posted is the jackpot is what you get is tax free , why the hell should i be taxed and taxed and taxed....just had to vent.....