Dude got a 200 million check for doing absolutely nothing (in the grand scheme of things) and the state got a bunch of money from state sanctioned gambling.
I don’t really object to taxation of winnings like this in principle. It’s knowing that said money is essentially being thrown into the financial black hole that is the United States government that bothers me. The unending waste of it all, and yet people want to give even more money to them.
You’re incredibly far off base. I’m not a libertarian in the least. I’m all for well run government that uses its money to help its citizens. Unfortunately we don’t have that kind of government. But if you want give even more of your paycheck to help fuel the war machine and fund bloated useless department of redundancy departments be my guest.
Dude got a 200 million check for doing absolutely nothing (in the grand scheme of things) and the state got a bunch of money from state sanctioned gambling.