POLITICAL ACTION CALL: Time For Players/Fans To Help..

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I'm curious, ever have a ticket that you had to give 25% of the winnings away before you even touched the money?

Sorry I left this discussion without answering....but YES, I have had a handful of winning tickets to get the 25% taken out. To me, it was no big deal. I owed the money no matter what, so why not pay it then.

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree. You seem to think I or anyone else has a problem paying the money. It's not that at all. I have a problem with the way it's done. If I owe taxes on my winnings fine. I'll pay them. But I find it ridiculous that I have to give the Gov't an interest free loan. I just don't understand how you see this as fair and why you are so willing to part with your hard earned money, so easily. But, we're all different...

I believe that you and prob 50% of players out there are responsible enough to pay the taxes on their winnings. However, the gov't doesnt see it that way. If they did, we would be responsible for paying our own sales tax, there wouldn't be social security, and everyone would just pay at once.

However, I think we all agree that taxing the pools is dumb.