Related: http://braythwayt.com/posterous/2014/10/04/i-dont-hire-unluc...

And HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3804134

Could I interest you in a bridge?

Probability being on SSI makes you a millionaire: 0%

Probability playing the lottery makes you a millionaire: Very close to 0%.

Probability being on SSI makes you poorer: 0%

Probability playing the lottery makes you poorer: Very close to 100%.

I read somewhere that they are working on behalf of the lizard people.

In particular, see their wiki page for exactly this question: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/wiki/wsig

Gilfoyle would point out that it's $6 of copper and rare-Earth metals.

(I have no idea what the actual number is.)

[On the one hand, maybe Trump's false claim of illegal voters is wrong. But on the other hand, maybe he's right that ISIS and genocide are Obama's fault. So does it really matter if Trump is wrong?]

The 46% of the country that gets to decide who runs the country hates doing that.

If you don't want a thief to steal your TV, marking the 'Don't Rob Me' box on your Driver's License is not a useful protection.

Help me figure this out. Romney earned $13.7 million and paid $1.94 million in taxes. That's 14% (1.94/13.7), but you're saying doesn't account for the charitable donations. So then the formula would be 1.94/(13.7-4), right? A 20% rate?

That would be the top federal tax rate on long term capital gains, so sounds correct.

presto: the top cap gains rate is 20% once you hit the 39.6% tax bracket (for income).

The top federal rate on long term capital gains is 15%.

That sounds good, yes.

>So it would have been a publicity disaster, enough to hurt him badly.

I think he'd just come off as an every-day man-of-the-people who understands the economic fears of rural whites but also a savvy businessman who's too smart to pay taxes like a sucker.