The Powerball lottery is up to $1 billion tonight. If you won it, what would you do?

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[โ€“] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

If I won the lottery, I would start by ending the homeless problem in my state. All it would take would be one stroke of the pen and many people's lives would be improved.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    and then you start getting sued cause someone hurt themselves in one of the homes you put them in, or it burned down, or any of a thousand other reasons, because greedy shitheads exist and are plentiful and will gladly turn your sweet treat into acid in your mouth in a heart beat if they think they can squeeze more blood out of you.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Noble, but I've got some very bad news about how much it would take to end homelessness in even the smallest state in the country, as even if the 500 mil you'd be left with after taxes could do it, which it couldn't, more homeless people would move to that state immediately

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  • [โ€“] [S] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Utah managed to do it and they're doing just fine.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    ok. you can afford to fund Utah's homeless problem for 1.5 years, with 500 million, which is what you'd be left with after winning the 1 Billion dollar lottery

    https://utahstories.com/2022/10/the-300-million-utah-homeless-question/#:~:text=Answered%20by%20Utah's%20Foremost%20State,year%20on%20Utah's%20homeless%20services.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    You can always start a foundation to keep the money flowing in. People would donate

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