What would you do with $1.6 billion dollars?

Mr Quatro · 10-22-18, 06:45 PM

I thought the tax bite would be higher ... perhaps 50%, but this says different.

I don't think I would take the thirty (30) year option ... we don't even know if the ground we stand on will still be here in 30 years.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxe...ots/ar-BBOJ1gl

Here's the tax bite on $1.6 billion Mega Millions and $620 million Powerball jackpots

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The immediate cash option for Mega Millions is $904 million. The federal withholding would reduce that by $217 million. For the $354.3 million Powerball lump sum, it would mean $85 million getting shaved off the top.

The chance of winning both lotteries is at least 1 in 88 quadrillion (that's 88 followed by 15 zeros).

u crank · 10-22-18, 06:50 PM

Well.....I could use a new pair of shoes.

Gargamel · 10-22-18, 09:06 PM

Finally buy Jim that deodorant.

August · 10-22-18, 09:30 PM

Truth be told, probably spend my way into an early grave. But it would be a wild ride!

em2nought · 10-23-18, 12:46 AM

Everything would be put in order, and I'd blow this pop stand.

Oh yeah, I kind of liked the idea of those three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri so there'd be some sarcastic billboards showing up anywhere they might trigger a certain audience.

ikalugin · 10-23-18, 02:05 AM

I would probably donate a lot of it to Russian Navy, they really could use extra money.

Jimbuna · 10-23-18, 06:45 AM

Set up my family and friends for life and give the rest to those mostly in need.

10-23-18, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

I would probably donate a lot of it to Russian Navy, they really could use extra money.

How can one then imagine this donation...

Will there be a select set of six sheet-gold coated heavyweight torpedoes with handwritten insignia of "ikalugin" on Putin's birthday?!?

10-22-18, 06:50 PM	#2
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,747 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Well.....I could use a new pair of shoes. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Finally buy Jim that deodorant. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Truth be told, probably spend my way into an early grave. But it would be a wild ride! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Everything would be put in order, and I'd blow this pop stand. Oh yeah, I kind of liked the idea of those three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri so there'd be some sarcastic billboards showing up anywhere they might trigger a certain audience. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage! Last edited by em2nought; 10-23-18 at 01:25 AM. Reason: expound

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ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I would probably donate a lot of it to Russian Navy, they really could use extra money. __________________ Grumpy as always.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Set up my family and friends for life and give the rest to those mostly in need. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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