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...is a frigging wingnut. Normally, I just say congratulations and move on, but when you read his comments you'll see he's cut from the Tea Gargler cloth.
$337 million Powerball winner plans to keep it real
Donald Lawson intends to do the typical lottery-winner stuff: Retire, take care of his family, travel, get a new place to live.
But the 44-year-old Michigan man insists his $337 million Powerball prize the third-largest in Powerball history, and seventh-largest jackpot in U.S. history wont change him.
Im a millionaire now, but Ill still go to McDonalds, Lawson told reporters Friday at the Michigan Lottery headquarters in Lansing, where he came forward to collect on the August 15 drawing. I dont like filet mignon or lobster. I like the simple life, and thats what I want to continue to do.
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He said he plans to travel a lot, but for now, hes going to go somewhere safe and think about (what to do) and go from there.
This money wont last forever unless I use it right and budget it right. Its not a lot, $337 million, he joked, drawing laughter, before addressing the issue of taxes. You all think its tremendous amount, but Im kind of pissed at Uncle Sam
you know?
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/31/337-million-powerball-winner-plans-to-keep-it-real/?hpt=hp_t3
Care Acutely
(1,370 posts)that way he can move on with his simple life.
Aviation Pro
(12,150 posts)...I'm sure he felt he earned it and yes he is an ungrateful douche.
Bet you his ex is lining up the lawyers now.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)Atman
(31,464 posts)IT'S OBAMA'S FAULT!
STFU!
Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,572 posts)He thinks he won't change. He will. All he has to do is make his first big purchase, and he won't be able to stop.
"It's not a lot, $337 million"
unblock
(52,196 posts)Initech
(100,063 posts)Fuck off...
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)why can't I ever win anything like that? The only thing I ever won was an all expenses paid trip back in 68.
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)I didn't think so.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)to fund schools for Asperger's kids, animal rescue shelters, give a nice chunk to Planned Parenthood and NARAL, cultural institutions like orchestras and museums, fund liberal/left causes and use the remaining $25-30 million to commute between Provence and Vung Tao, Vietnam, depending on the season, for the rest of my born days. And I sure as hell wouldn't be eating Mickey D's.
What an asshat.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)He'll be fleeced in no time.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)And what he comes up with is that he's pissed at the Fed. Gov?!?