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drmeow

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6. The one positive thing in this

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed May 21, 2025, 07:56 PM

May 21

(to be clear, not that I support it and not that I'm not outraged)

is that a large windfall of money tends to really f**k up people's lives. One study showed that 70% of lottery winners ended up going bankrupt within a few years.

Given their ideology and behavior, this is going to create family feuds, they will become targets for all sorts of people trying to take their money, and other fun experiences.

If any of them have any old debt, they can expect extreme attempts to get that money.

I would predict that they will regret this in the long run but it is doubtful any of them will recognize once they are bankrupt that it was their own fault!

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The one positive thing in this drmeow May 21 #6

Biden's fault! Just Jerome May 21 #9

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Hillary's emails! moonscape May 22 #33

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More like velvet Jesus drmeow May 21 #13

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