Chair of Senate Budget Committee Wins $853K in Powerball

Yet another head-slapping moment

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/20/national/main956892.shtml
from JoeUser Forums
Okay, so here's the deal:
Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) won $853,492 in the recent Powerball drawing. On a whim, he says, he bought a few tickets while stopping for gas in DC. Random numbers.
We should all employ such fiscal responsibility. Mathematically challenged senators who head the budget committee... yeah.
The kicker: he's already a millionaire. I guess the old adage is true: his NEXT million was the easiest!
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

{SingrDave kicking self for not shopping at that Citgo}

Sure would have helped with the Geo, eh?

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
the rich get rich and the poor get poorer, in the mean time, in between time ain't we got fun???????


old song singerdave
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
As I replied to you on my blog, "mathmatically challenged" only really counts if you consider a couple of dollars a big deal. You assume people are somehow economically threatened by blowing a couple of bucks. Most of our income is spent on junk that brings us no chance of gain at all.

Anyway, the math seems to have worked out for him, huh?
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sure would have helped with the Geo, eh?


Absolutely. $850k would buy me a nice new Metro and almost a full tank of gas!

..."mathematically challenged" only really counts if you consider a couple of dollars a big deal. You assume people are somehow economically threatened by blowing a couple of bucks. Most of our income is spent on junk that brings us no chance of gain at all.


True, and I don't fault him for impulse shopping at the 7-Eleven. But those people who plow their $10-$100 per week on lotto... they have some serious reality issues. And don't tell me that everyone plays responsibly!

Just for the record--he's already donated it all to charity.


You know, his local Republican Party HQ is a charity!
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
He can certainly afford to be whimsical with small amounts of cash if anyone can. Besides, it's only stupid if it doesn't work, right?