Hamilton’s penniless millionaire [$10 million lottery winner is now broke]

thespec.com ^ | March 21, 2013 | Molly Hayes

[grundle]

This person lives in Canada, where there is no income tax on lottery winnings.

[RWB Patriot]

She should read Francisco’s speech on money.

[Forrestfire]

Stuck on stupid!! As John Wayne said “ Life is tough, but it’s even tougher when you’re stupid!!”

[molson209]

Hmmm sounds like Obama and the USA

[Domandred]

one day there was just three quarters of a million left

Oh no, that's terrible....

I could live a higher standard of living than I have now on just the roi/interest. No sympathy

[dsrtsage]

Rich people get richer because they do things that make them rich. Poor people get poorer because they do things that make them poor.

[Alberta's Child]

Poor people usually have poor habits. You can see evidence of this in almost any urban sh!t-hole, where you'll find people who own $60,000 cars and buy $250 pairs of sneakers for their kids, but don't even have two nickels to rub together.

If a poor person's habits don't change after winning millions of dollars, they're not likely to be rich for very long.

On the other hand, I think I have a great idea for this woman to get back her millions. She should star in a reality showed called: "How to Piss Away Millions" or something like that.

[mnehring]

According to the economic principles our government uses, she should be a Trillionaire by now.

[Tea Party Terrorist]

This is a pretty common story for lotto winners.

Has the lottery really helped anyone since its inception?

State-sponsored gambling should end.

[Fiji Hill]

This person lives in Canada

If she lived here, she would be an Obama voter.

[eyedigress]

Of course it has helped. Selling pipe-dreams to the poor is the cornerstone of liberal America. Just look at the profits the States rake in. Thanks poor of America, without you we would have to work for it instead.

[TruthWillWin]

Lotto = Tax on the poor

[ObozoMustGo2012]

“handouts to family, loans to friends — “

Aside from the lavish persons, this is the most DANGEROUS ways to spend lottery winnings. She should have kept her mouth shut and disappeared!

[basil]

I disagree that she’s stupid. She’s uneducated, and has always been poor, or that’s the impression I get.

She could have used some money earlier for birth control.

She sounds like a woman who was way too generous with her “friends” and family is the impression I got. Only a person who knows how to handle money properly could have done better—but usually, successful people aren’t buying lottery tickets.......

[null and void]

All thinks considered she managed to come out of it with a pretty good attitude.

She’s working, she likes her job, she has a sense of purpose.

[Alberta's Child]

Your post reminds me of a very astute comment I once read from a media person who deals in financial matters (it may have been Dave Ramsey, but I’m really not sure). He observed that in America, even poor people don’t think they’re poor. They think they are multi-millionaires who just got sidetracked temporarily and haven’t “made it” yet.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“The Lotto Super Seven payout didn’t come with a financial adviser “

Looks like it didn’t come with a big old cup of common sense either.

[boop]

I'll bet the "winner" was AMAZED at how many friends and long lost relatives she had.

Funny how that just "happens" to occur after a big win.

I forget who said: "A fool and his money are soon parted. And even more amazing is how the fool got the money in the first place."

[funfan]

What makes you think she didn’t vote for him?

[Fiji Hill]

What makes you think she didn’t vote for him?

Good question.