‘Nobody deserves this more,’ says boss of $50 million lottery-winning cooks

[Swede]

Imagine this: you’ve just won $50 million, have been hounded by reporters and curious neighbours and 24 hours later, you finally manage to sneak out of your apartment.

Where would you go?
Probably the nearest mall, or a car dealership. Or to a realtor.

Not Linda and Don Ingram, winners of Friday’s $50-million Lotto Max jackpot. They walked to Wally’s World, the old-fashioned diner in Oshawa where they have worked for almost 15 years, settled into a booth and, between gigantic hugs from co-workers, ordered pop.

“Where else would we go ... this is where all our friends are,” said Linda, as her husband Don nodded from across the booth.

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1089858--nobody-deserves-this-more-says-boss-of-50-million-lottery-winning-cooks?bn=1

[NBachers]

1. Good for them- I'm happy for 'em. Nice article at the link

[Auntie Bush]

4. Nice to see the winner is someone who needs it and won't just go out on a crazy spending spree.

I'm sure they will be giving a lot away...especially to their kids. I'd be happy to hear they gave some money to their fellow workers.

My father's Rotary club had a drawing once long ago. The local Lincoln dealer donated a new Lincoln to the winner. Guess who won the lottery?
The Lincoln dealer!

[Bonobo]

2. Nobody deserves 50 million. It is unjust to have that money by definition. nt

[Nye Bevan]

3. What's the highest amount of money that anyone deserves to have, in your opinion? (nt)

[Bonobo]

5. Not sure, but a lot less than 50 million.

I guess I would say that after everyone has the basics necessary for happiness such as health care, home, food. etc. -THEN the number would go up. But until then, it would be lower.

My counter question: Why do YOU think some people DESERVE more money than they could spend in 10 lifetimes?

[A Simple Game]

6. You don't think anyone could spend 50 million in a lifetime?

Haven't priced any yachts or mansions lately have you?

[Nye Bevan]

8. And a $50 million lottery win becomes about $15 million after taxes if you take the lump sum (nt)

[ROFF]

24. In Canada

The winner gets the whole sum, tax free.

[Bonobo]

9. You can, but it would be excessive.

That's my opinion. Sorry if you don't like it.

[A Simple Game]

23. I can think of lots of thing that I believe society should be willing to pay someone

50 million dollars a year for the rest of their lives, if that is what they desired.

Excessive, maybe but it is all relative.

[LanternWaste]

26. I imagine the use of the money to be excessive

I imagine the use of the money to be excessive, or generous, or miserly, etc. rather than possession of the money itself.

[inwiththenew]

12. 10 Lifetimes?

Professional athletes blow through more money than that in less than a decade.

[jmowreader]

13. I disagree

I could put hundreds of people to work with $50 million. So could a lot of people here.

[Bonobo]

14. Yes, but that is not what I was talking about. nt

[Obamanaut]

17. By what definition?

[quaker bill]

18. Winning the lottery might be

the most honest way to get that kind of money.

[Bowwowwow09]

19. No, I think running a successful business with many employees is

Lotteries are just another tax on the poor who dream of living an upper class lifestyle. A lot of people spend thousands of dollars each year hoping they will hit it big, and most never win more than a few hundred dollars.

[quaker bill]

28. The person getting the money

does not run and did not create the lottery. He or she bought a ticket.

A person running a business, even a very successful one, will have made morally ambiguous choices along the way. In most cases of the premium they will gain will come at the cost of keeping wages and benefits low, and if not low a real sense, certainly less that they value of the goods and services the employees create, for therein lies the profit margin.

I have no problem with running a successful business as a means to making a good living, and have done so myself, it can be a good and honorable living. But the notion that it is more honest than the simple act of buying a lottery ticket, shows that you don't know of what you speak.

[GoCubsGo]

20. And, who are you to dictate what kind of money anyone "deserves"?

?

[Bonobo]

21. You think a BOA executive deserves a 100 million dollar bonus?

And while you are thinking about THAT, go visit dictionary.com and look up the word "opinion".

[spooky3]

7. They have kind faces. I hope they'll take care and not let the money

ruin their lives. Glad to see they can use it to deal with the hubby's health expenses and get the home they've always wanted.

[sadbear]

10. Can someone translate this for me? I can't read Canadian.

:hide:

;-)

No, seriously, wonderful article. I hope they do great things with that money.

[rucky]

16. “It’s such a big chunk of money,..What are you supposed to do with it?”

Doesn't really have an American translation.

[kestrel91316]

11. I would love to win that much money. Not because I could buy lots of houses

and jewelry and fancy cars - I'm not much into "stuff".

I would love to be able to spend the rest of my days figuring out all the worthy liberal causes and suffering people to give it to.

[barbtries]

25. me too.

sometimes i fantasize about the scholarship i'll establish in my daughter's name, strictly for loved ones of homicide victims.

but it's hard to imagine it will ever happen to me, since i never buy lottery tickets. lol

[kestrel91316]

29. Well if I ever win the big one (spending a mere $1 a week it may never happen, lol)

I'll remember you!

[barbtries]

30. you've remembered me before kestrel

i have not forgotten your kindness :)

[kestrel91316]

32. That's why I said that - I remember you, too.

[JI7]

31. i would travel the world, open some small businesses, give/lend to others to start

their small business. hire people to work at these places.

[DiverDave]

15. Good for them

if I had that much I'd just give most of it away

[xchrom]

22. congratulations linda and don!

i'm very happy for them.

[onethatcares]

27. congratulations to Linda and Don, I'm very happy for them too

and I hope they have a long life enjoying the money they won.

Looks to me that they are grounded with friends.