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likeitaloud 
As my poli sci teacher puts it "the tax on the poor"
I prefer the 'tax on people who can't do math' variant. Nonetheless, there is a pool at work for whenever the pot exceeds $50MM, and I always kick in $5 -- makes the odds slightly better, is something of a team building exercise, good all around. In my state, the moneys collected go primarily to elder care, which I have some considerable feeling for, so I don't mind. I did think what I could do with the money one day the pot was over $300MM -- buy my father his Viper, pay off all his debts and pretty much remove the 'what will I do if I lose my job' fears that always plague him, help out a few friends and family members who just can't seem to beat back reality, endow a scholarship at my community college, and somehow set up some sort of charity through my church for helping out the needy, especially the widows and orphans. My late Mom had a real passion that the church should do that. Edit: forgot what I'd personally do -- just go back to school and learn some more for awhile. There's so much I'd hope to know by now that I don't. But driving a Lotus. ~ H
