Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, if one had 640 million tax free (unfortunately removing some incentive to give to charity) and could buy up tax-free municipal bonds (I know they're risky) at a modest 2%, then you have $12,800,000 every year. That is approximately 430 $30,000 camera outfits, or better yet nice wine (a 25-year supply if you gave your friends the cheap stuff, say, a second or third). But the reality is that you would probably have multiple winners, who thought PBR was pretty good, and wind up with just a third of that. Life is not fair. I know I was disappointed that my 10 tickets didn't hit. Ken On 4/3/2012 10:01 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > Richard Man OFFERED: > Subject: Re: [Leica] Hypothetical... M10 B+W.. Would you buy one? > > >> Come on, Bill, think big. If I win the 640 million lottery, I will get a >> set of S2 with all the lens, and a set of M9/M10 and all their lens. >> :-)<<<<< > > NAW YOU GUYS HAVE IT ALL WRONG WITH THAT AMOUNT OF CHANGE! "$640 > MILLION?" > > KISS is what it's all about!! > > When I win? ;-) With that amount of money every guy and gal on the LUG > would get a new M9 or M10, whichever was the hottest available at the > time and a full set of M lenses! > > And for dessert for those who would like to use an S2? One each with > their choice of lens! :-) > > After all we're not talking nickels and dimes at $640 million. Hell > you could buy all that stuff, pay cash and by the time you put the > order in the interest would still give you more than the $640 million. > > Now the best part is? Win that amount of money in CANADA and all of it > belongs to you!!! Yep the whole bunch, not a penny of tax paid on it! > Now don't you American buddies wish you lived here in case you ever > win? ;-) > > You would only pay tax on the interest! But if you were really clever > (not saying me) :-) every bit of interest or at least all you could > get away with, you would use in business trip accounts and write it > off touring the world shooting stock? Or that would be the business > reason for spending the interest and of course it would be "FIRST > CLASS" all the way! > > AND SECOND BEST PART? You would do all that stuff and still have the > $640 million in yer pocket due to the accruing interest! :-) > > Don't you just love it when I let my wild wild imagination go wild! > :-) :-) KISS BABY, KISS! :-) Some days I feel better and let it all > out! Beats the hell out of crying hour after hour! :-( > > cheers, > Dr. ted > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >