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The other day I read that Americans have a lottery jackpot in the BILLIONS of dollars.

I’m not sure how to really put to words what I feel about that. Something is very, very wrong there.



Sub $1B cash value. Several hundred million after taxes. Dramatically life-changing for sure, but not even a single billion pre-tax, let alone plural.


Which has absolutely zero impact on how incredibly broken it makes that culture appear.

It’s just breathtakingly screwed up. And even the “well actually it’s more like $900 million” speaks volumes. That doesn’t actually change a thing.


Which number would make you more comfortable?


$38,433,902.11




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