$260,000,000 Reasons to Smile


	$260,000,000 Reasons to Smile

BartendingBear

8-25-2009 6:58 PM

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8-25-2009 8:14 PM

Seosamh Dalzell

What a con! $260 mil is really only $129 mil, and really only $88 mil once the gov't takes its slice. Why the inflated claim that it's a $260 mil prize when it clearly isn't? You're being sold a bill of goods.

8-25-2009 10:55 PM

sldavis

ONLY 88 million? I'd be happy with an extra $100.00 a week to live on......

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