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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
$2.5 million spread out over 20 years with no taxes taken out is $125,000/year. Not a bad salary in 2010, but from 1980 to 2000, wages in the U.S. increased well over 250%. If that trend holds, by 2030, these folks, assuming they retire with their winnings, will be behind the curve, even if they never pay a penny in tax on that money.
And, of course, in the real world, you gotta' render unto Caesar!
Rather than five trucks and a Mustang, these folks should have hired a high school tutor to teach them some basic math skills.
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