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kelliekat44

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5. Time to set a ceiling and divide the excess among the states for helping the needy, like low income

Reply to Electric Monk (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 17, 2013, 10:55 PM

Dec 2013

housing, homeless shelters, mental health, increasing food stamps amounts..etc. a ceiling of 500 million seems enough for one person to win. You can't get people to pay taxes for helping others so this is one tax the players don't complain about. I see some fairly well-off people buying these tickets yet I know a few who wouldn't give a dime to a starving family member.

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Mega Millions jackpot rises to $636 million [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2013 OP

The odds of winning are roughly the same as getting hit by lightning while being eaten by a shark Electric Monk Dec 2013 #1

...and yet people get eaten by sharks. brooklynite Dec 2013 #3

Probably ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #4

Time to set a ceiling and divide the excess among the states for helping the needy, like low income kelliekat44 Dec 2013 #5

Thank you. Yes. Left Coast2020 Dec 2013 #8

You can't win if you don't play. onehandle Dec 2013 #6

Dont worry, I will win. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #2

No one will win lobodons Dec 2013 #7

I have 10 tickets obxhead Dec 2013 #9