Gambling winnings are tax free in AusDrunkFace wrote:
The US government are geniuses. Run a lotto that brings in more then they ever pay out, and then take half of what ever the lucky few people do win anyway.. win fucking win. Genius.
Fuck Israel
Yeah but our lottery winnings are rather meager compared to the US lottery
if i spend a dollar and get 50 mil after tax idc what the govt gets at that point tbh.DrunkFace wrote:
The US government are geniuses. Run a lotto that brings in more then they ever pay out, and then take half of what ever the lucky few people do win anyway.. win fucking win. Genius.
Gov made about 20 million dollars in profit from the amount of tickets.11 Bravo wrote:
if i spend a dollar and get 50 mil after tax idc what the govt gets at that point tbh.DrunkFace wrote:
The US government are geniuses. Run a lotto that brings in more then they ever pay out, and then take half of what ever the lucky few people do win anyway.. win fucking win. Genius.
There's also a higher chance to win and less people to potentially split it with.Rod Foxx wrote:
Yeah but our lottery winnings are rather meager compared to the US lottery
No they are not, they are here to make you think twice doing 80 in a 30 zone.Dilbert_X wrote:
Speeding fines - now they are a stupidness tax.
the only people who do that are stupid anywayChou wrote:
No they are not, they are here to make you think twice doing 80 in a 30 zone.Dilbert_X wrote:
Speeding fines - now they are a stupidness tax.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
Getting a speeding ticket shoved up your ass doesn't make you look smart anyway.Spark wrote:
the only people who do that are stupid anywayChou wrote:
No they are not, they are here to make you think twice doing 80 in a 30 zone.Dilbert_X wrote:
Speeding fines - now they are a stupidness tax.
no shit...Chou wrote:
Getting a speeding ticket shoved up your ass doesn't make you look smart anyway.Spark wrote:
the only people who do that are stupid anywayChou wrote:
No they are not, they are here to make you think twice doing 80 in a 30 zone.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
Drive to conditions.
I'm not stupid for driving at 80km an hour on a rural fucking road with a 60km/h speed limit.
The only reason the legal speed is at 60 on my road is because it's sitting just inside the town boundary. Literally, the town boundary runs up one side of the road, making it 'urban' even though it's 2.5km long and only has around 10 properties with frontage to the road.
I'm not stupid for driving at 80km an hour on a rural fucking road with a 60km/h speed limit.
The only reason the legal speed is at 60 on my road is because it's sitting just inside the town boundary. Literally, the town boundary runs up one side of the road, making it 'urban' even though it's 2.5km long and only has around 10 properties with frontage to the road.
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Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Thats the point, only stupid people speed and therefore pay the tax.Chou wrote:
No they are not, they are here to make you think twice doing 80 in a 30 zone.Dilbert_X wrote:
Speeding fines - now they are a stupidness tax.
Fuck Israel
Well, you are if the limit is 60 and you stand a chance of getting a ticket.Flecco wrote:
Drive to conditions.
I'm not stupid for driving at 80km an hour on a rural fucking road with a 60km/h speed limit.
Fuck Israel
Okay, pm sent.
It's more like cunt comments like that are making this place a complete waste of time.
Get back to ee (hats where you belong.
It's more like cunt comments like that are making this place a complete waste of time.
Get back to ee (hats where you belong.
You saying religion is good?Pochsy wrote:
Seems like quite the nerve I've hit.ATG wrote:
Get the fuck out of my thread and make your own if you don't like it.Pochsy wrote:
Was this supposed to be witty?
That joke has been around forever.
You need to smoke less dope. Or more. Do something.
People who pop into threads with comments like that are a waste of life.
Get it?
Fuck off and die.
Evidently this was a huge revelation for you.
I can imagine the scene: you, sitting alone in a cloud of smoke, looking at your losing lottery ticket, and then suddenly, oh yes! "the lottery, why, it pays for government programs on the backs of those who are foolish enough to hope".
Well done. I'm still waiting for the "religion is bullshit" thread. It shouldn't be far off seeing as we're taking a good hard look at probability and what it means to place faith in something.
PM me when that rolls around.
I don't practice, but if it makes others happy I can deal with it. People are always going to follow some irrational belief system, so I'd rather have it written down, institutionalized, and reigned in that way before we end up with thousands of death cults filled with people trying to give meaning to their lives.Trotskygrad wrote:
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You saying religion is good?
The shape of an eye in front of the ocean, digging for stones and throwing them against its window pane. Take it down dreamer, take it down deep. - Other Families
Mmmmm...Pochsy wrote:
I don't practice, but if it makes others happy I can deal with it. People are always going to follow some irrational belief system, so I'd rather have it written down, institutionalized, and reigned in that way before we end up with thousands of death cults filled with people trying to give meaning to their lives.Trotskygrad wrote:
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You saying religion is good?
Need more reigning in tbh.
Specially that seperation of church and state thing.
I've meet a few people who have won tons of money in AC and the what not. What usually ends up happening to these people, is they end up getting fucked by the government like a criminal. As soon as that big payday hits, they don't handle the money right and end up with major tax problems.
Dude I know won something like 300k in AC, now a winning that big they pay out the same as the lottery. Either a hugely taxes lump sum or a annunity over time. Guy didn't do taxes right, ended up owning the IRS over the main winnings and had to sell off his remaining winning at 30c on the dollar. So you spend 1 dollar and make 50 million, you better make sure that 50 million is done by the books, or it's going to end up costing you(your freedom)..
Dude I know won something like 300k in AC, now a winning that big they pay out the same as the lottery. Either a hugely taxes lump sum or a annunity over time. Guy didn't do taxes right, ended up owning the IRS over the main winnings and had to sell off his remaining winning at 30c on the dollar. So you spend 1 dollar and make 50 million, you better make sure that 50 million is done by the books, or it's going to end up costing you(your freedom)..
Taxing people for lottery, competition or gambling winnings is a joke.
There's a difference between playing every once and a while and spending a significant portion of your income on it. I play every once and a while myself when I have a spare buck or two at the convince store, but it's not like I'm actually expecting to win big or make enough to not have to work, I just do it for fun.Hurricane2k9 wrote:
I play once in a while... I figure the worst that happens is I lose a dollar, big fucking deal. If I win, well that's quite a big return on investment.
I never played the lotto in my life but Hurri's logic isn't unreasonable. 1 or 2 dollars every once and awhile with the chance of winning small to very large payouts isn't a retarded waste of money. As for the taxes; not really a huge problem considering even half of a large payout like the Mega millions, which is at 90 million right now, is still enough to retire on.
That doesn't really make it a 'stupid tax' though. In the UK doing 90-100 is reasonably common place on the motorways, but they're not making it any more dangerous unless it's really busy.Dilbert_X wrote:
Well, you are if the limit is 60 and you stand a chance of getting a ticket.Flecco wrote:
Drive to conditions.
I'm not stupid for driving at 80km an hour on a rural fucking road with a 60km/h speed limit.
get bentPochsy wrote:
Was this supposed to be witty?
That joke has been around forever.
You need to smoke less dope. Or more. Do something.
I use to work on the lotto machine from ages 11 up until a few months ago when I quit. Every single person I have dealt with that was a regular had some menial job and High School Diploma/GED at best. And only half spoke English(if you could call it that). It was sad seeing people lose 90% of what they had on them.