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[-] YottaDren@lemmy.world 104 points 1 month ago

Damn is it really like 80% tax

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 191 points 1 month ago

it was a $2.04b jackpot. would have paid out that much as an annuity over like 25 years or something. taxes would have been withheld from those payments.

the 'lump sum' option was $997.6m, which is what the winner opted for. after taxes the amount received was actually $628.5m.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/2-04-billion-powerball-winner-200153929.html

whoever pulled the $424m out of their backside took another dose of taxes out of the payment that already had taxes deducted.

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 68 points 1 month ago

They did that to make it sound worse than it is.

[-] SoleInvictus 58 points 1 month ago

Wait a minute... Are you suggesting someone on the internet lied for attention?! I don't believe it!

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I know, It's getting so that you just can't trust unsourced images of alleged tweets talking about political topics on social media anymore.

smh my head

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