• BigMacHole@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    But if we don’t let MILLIONAIRES steal HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of Taxpayer Dollars how will we Have the Ability to go after SINGLE MOMS working THREE Jobs?

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      It’s even worse because he was ALREADY rich from football. He stole for shits and giggles.

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      Literally the only ways to get rich that don’t require doing fucked up shit are to inherit the money, probably from someone who did a bunch of fucked up shit, or to be incredibly lucky and win the lottery.

      And the latter generally don’t stay rich

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        There have been plenty of studies that refute this, from various countries. I can only conclude that this belief/wish stems from a variant of the puritanical work ethic where hard work will lead to prosperity, and winning the lottery isn’t hard work so will obviously not lead to prosperity.

        I’ve won the lottery. Sure, it was only a few grand and my life didn’t significantly change. Studies on winners of truly large amounts of money, in the millions, tend to have more successful outcomes, with the studies I’ve seen putting between 66% and over 80% retaining their wealth for 5 or 10 years after winning.

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    Damn, I used to watch GB growing up and he was one of my favorites. Loved how even when he was getting his ass kicked on the field you could still see the guy smiling as he lined up for another play.

    Fuck man why did you have to do this?

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    He will receive plenty of treatment on the tax payers in jail. Have fun buddy, maybe you can remark “The Longest Yard” for the third time

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    Not fangirling at over payed athletes is always an option. I don’t watch any sports and I’m not dead yet.