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doc03

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3. If some people get a little money they can't handle

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu Jun 10, 2021, 05:22 PM

Jun 2021

it. The company I worked for offered to buy our pensions out. I think the majority of them took the cash and spent it on new cars and toys. The Union told them this is your pension and even had financial advisors talk to them.
Now I hear this bull shit they took my pension. I took the monthly annuity and have so far received about 150% of the cash they offered.

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Winner of $2 million lottery prize found dead in Michigan river [View all] left-of-center2012 Jun 2021 OP

Never tell anyone how much you're worth in $$$$ Budi Jun 2021 #1

Very good advice jimfields33 Jun 2021 #5

I've heard that when you win the lottery, the first thing you do is get a lawyer, and SHUT UP. bearsfootball516 Jun 2021 #2

If some people get a little money they can't handle doc03 Jun 2021 #3

Same with my ex. She was offered a buy-out of her pension. Buy-out, approx. $5k. 3Hotdogs Jun 2021 #7

Some states make your winning public. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 2021 #4

My wife's father is a millionaire keithsw Jun 2021 #6

If I won two million dollars ten years ago, Chainfire Jun 2021 #8

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