Sen. Judd Gregg a republican from New Hampshire is $853,492 richer thanks to the Powerball lottery.
Gregg chairs the Budget Committee and has a reputation as a strict fiscal conservative (but he will drop a few bucks on a lotto ticket) He said his wife is currently remodeling their home and already has plans for the new money. (All women have plans for the money Senator!)
He said he bought about $20 of tickets on Monday at a D.C. Citgo gas station as he headed from Baltimore to Washington for a Senate vote. He said he will not quit his job.
He will owe 25 percent in federal taxes on the $853,492. New Hampshire doesn't have state income taxes and so he will get to keep the rest. Aint' that a doosey!
After hearing the lottery news, Sen. Kent Conrad, D-North Dakota, the top Democrat on the Budget Committee, quipped the money should be used to pay down the federal deficit. Now there is a fiscal plan!
1 comment:
Ah yes. Liberals and Democrats are always so free with OTHER people's money.
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