What would you do?

You pay thousands of dollars a year to protect you from the small chance of
having an aviation accident and doing exactly $1 Million worth of damage to
someone else's property, but you're not willing to drop $2 on a chance to
win $200 Million cash?

We all pay lots of taxes on stupidity... What's a few more dollars to the
cause?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in news:EQCHb.679485
$Tr4.1697884@attbi_s03:

What would you do if you won the Lotto???

A more interesting question might be: How many pilots actually play the
lottery?

I, for one, look at it as a tax on stupidity.

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:54:12 -0500, "John Harlow"
wrote:

A more interesting question might be: How many pilots actually play
the lottery?

I, for one, look at it as a tax on stupidity.

Not at all, it's an a investment system, or retirement plan, for those
who can't do math.


Hehe - well, the odds are definitely against those who play, but it is a
pretty clever tax.

Plenty of poor(er) people pay - er... "play", thus helping recoop the
expense of schooling their own children.

Wellll... In Michigan the lottery was supposed to support the schools,
but some how the money ended up being diverted to the general fund and
the schools are still struggling. I guess the powers that be figured
the schools wouldn't know what to do with all that money so they'd "do
what's best for the system".


I don't play very often, but the occasional buck thrown at it is not going
to matter.

The irritating thing to me is gambling is "illegal" - unless, of course, it
benefits the friggin' government. It's like TFRs - governmental planes are
unrestricted. George Orwell was right; just a little ahead of his time.

Don't live near a "Reservation" do you?:-))
There are others than the government who benefit from gambling.
Although even then you could say the local governments are the ones
who benefit. OTOH the nearby Casino pays royalties to all tribal
members and it's not insignificant. It's enough, a person/family
could live on it and the number of recipients is not small. Probably
the equivalent of a small suburban township.

As to the Lottery?
I guess I could probably do a pretty good job of indulging my wife and
myself. There are a lot of places to go, things to see...people to
do...er... Yah, that's close enough. :-)) and lots of toys, (one of
the last F-33 Bonanzas, a few cameras, a new larger home on more land
for more towers and antennas, couple of telescopes, a variety of
cameras to compare, and I'd probably give a bunch away. I'd also take
up playing the stock market in a serious, but cautious fashion. I
already do to some extent, but I think Bill Gates' title is safe for a
while yetLOL

I spose if I plan on doing all that, my chances would improve
immensely if I go purchase a ticket. Now there are those who argue
that I'd only increase the chance of winning slightly, but I propose
the difference between slim and none is tremendous. If you calculate
it, it's infinite. OTOH my computer keeps coming up with a divide by
zero error.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?)
www.rogerhalstead.com

I only throw a couple bucks into the lotto pool when it's 'worth it', over
$100 million or so. It gives me a slightly better chance of winning anything
than not buying ANY tickets. The few bucks a year I put into the Lotto is
less than I spent on beer at Oshkosh.

Now if I won the Lotto, I would be able to afford a whole week at Oshkosh!
;-)

"Judah" wrote in message
...
You pay thousands of dollars a year to protect you from the small chance
of
having an aviation accident and doing exactly $1 Million worth of damage
to
someone else's property, but you're not willing to drop $2 on a chance to
win $200 Million cash?

We all pay lots of taxes on stupidity... What's a few more dollars to the
cause?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in news:EQCHb.679485
$Tr4.1697884@attbi_s03:

What would you do if you won the Lotto???

A more interesting question might be: How many pilots actually play the
lottery?

I, for one, look at it as a tax on stupidity.

In article , Roger Halstead
wrote:


Wellll... In Michigan the lottery was supposed to support the schools,
but some how the money ended up being diverted to the general fund and
the schools are still struggling. I guess the powers that be figured
the schools wouldn't know what to do with all that money so they'd "do
what's best for the system".

Isn't it interesting how the state lottery systems don't seem to
generate much of a surplus, while privately run systems are so
successful they have to worry about corruption.
Kinda makes one wonder who the real crooks are, doesn't it?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:EQCHb.679485$Tr4.1697884@attbi_s03...
What would you do if you won the Lotto???

A more interesting question might be: How many pilots actually play the
lottery?

I, for one, look at it as a tax on stupidity.
--


Tell that to my cousin...

Your stupidity tax sure paid off for her and her family...

In article EQCHb.679485$Tr4.1697884@attbi_s03,
Jay Honeck wrote:
A more interesting question might be: How many pilots actually play the
lottery?

I join any office pool at a rate at least as high as anyone else. I don't
look at is as buying a lottery ticket, just insurance against being the only
person in the office not to win.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

Sven wrote:

The multi-state PowerBall lottery is going to be over $200 million
Wednesday. This thread has been done on here before...

What would you do if you won the Lotto???
Upgrade your plane?
Get a newer/bigger/better plane? Get a fleet?
Get AMEL/ASES/ Instrument and/or Commercial ratings?


The more realistic question here would be "what would you do if you
won Sporty's
contest?" Pilots are actually likely to enter it.

Rich Lemert

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 06:28:42 GMT, Sven wrote:
The multi-state PowerBall lottery is going to be over $200 million
Wednesday. This thread has been done on here before...

What would you do if you won the Lotto???
Upgrade your plane?
Get a newer/bigger/better plane? Get a fleet?
Get AMEL/ASES/ Instrument and/or Commercial ratings?

I'll wait until I win to decide... ;-)



I would buy a fleet of RV-6As, hire a gaggle of CFIs, and offer
free flying lessons to any kid age 12-17 who lives within 5 miles of my
home airport. Yeah, I know, homebuilts can't be used for commercial
purposes, so I suppose I would also need to hire a pack of lawyers to
figure a way around that.

Then, of course, I would need mechanics to maintain my fleet, so I
would find a closed-down auto shop at one of the local high schools,
and open an aircraft mechanic's school.


Ross Oliver
Future Commandant of the Tech Mavens Air Academy ;-)

You pay thousands of dollars a year to protect you from the small chance
of
having an aviation accident and doing exactly $1 Million worth of damage
to
someone else's property, but you're not willing to drop $2 on a chance to
win $200 Million cash?

I know you're being facetious, but I must point out:

A. I'm being forced by my bank to insure the plane.
B. The odds of a plane mishap are gazillions of times higher than of winning
the lottery.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Tell that to my cousin...

Your stupidity tax sure paid off for her and her family...

You can do it for me, if you please?

Tell her that she's living high off the stupidity of millions of others.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"