The Idiot Tax

Reply #13

Lotterologist — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 20:14:21 GMT

Reply #12

JustMaybe — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 01:56:50 GMT

I pay it cheerfully - out of free will.

I know one day it will be payday for me.

Reply #11

hypersoniq — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 21:25:09 GMT

Idiot Tax?

Guilty as charged...

Reply #10

Stat$talker — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 01:05:42 GMT

Neither of'em looked to me like they've been hit by lightning.. . They just felt a lil tingle..

NoBoDy NuThIn can take 1.2 JiggaWattz , and still function...Xcept ...The Delorian- Time Machine from BACK TO DA FUTURE ya feel me

Reply #9

NeuralNetLottoB — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:14:25 GMT

The house always win.

Reply #8

eddessaknight — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 02:12:30 GMT

Absolutely, lottery has the government as a guaranteed monopoly partner

Reply #7

NeuralNetLottoB — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:40:05 GMT

Latest cash option:

Pennsylvania: 3.07% state tax- $1,115,433 - $16,188,110

Your average net per year: $21,848,441 Your net payout: $316,084,765

After 30 payments: $655,453,230

Annuity Payment Schedule

Reply #6

grwurston — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 07:33:47 GMT

He beat the odds. Man struck by lightning wins lottery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqDkzX_G8tQ

Reply #5

Stat$talker — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 05:28:38 GMT

if lottery_chance = 0.000001:

print( Better odds than getting struck by lightning while coding! )

Whuuut RuBbIsH...!!

Exactly 0 Lottery Jackpot Winnerz haz EEVAAH reportly been Struck by Lightning before OR afata Winning..!!

Dumb Down da Clichez

Reply #4

BobP — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 05:23:48 GMT

Ignore the little jack asses that live in your head, they get everything wrong, they say. Doesn't matter where the taxes come from, property, sales, income, lottery, when have you last seen your tax dollars at work? The pot hole is still there, but they added a speed bump. That's about all government is, a bump in the road.

BobP

Excel at PE if you want to earn a living throwing things.

Reply #3

Brock Lee — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:20:38 GMT

we already drank all the good stuff.

Reply #2

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 03:48:24 GMT

I would leave the Bud Light and grab a Shiner Bock.

Reply #1

Brock Lee — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 03:26:10 GMT

yeah, people have been complaining for decades that the advertised annuity prize is a far cry from what you actually get if you actually won. you're a bit late to the party, but there's still some bud light in the fridge.

The Idiot Tax

NeuralNetLottoB — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 01:22:33 GMT

I've heard the lottery called the idiot tax, because it's when we give government our money and get nothing (services, etc) in return.

But the BIGGEST idiot tax has to be when you play the Power Ball and there is 1 Billion at stake, and at the end of the 30 years you get only 2/3 of that. If you get the cash payout, for my state it's about 290 Million. OUCH!

Will I complain if I win.

No.

But it just sucks seeing all the potential leave and go away to some faceless bean count... [ More ]