Monday 23 April 2007
If I Had a Million Dollars/Barenaked Ladies
I don’t know what I’d do if I had a million dollars. I know studies have shown that people who win lots of money aren’t happy, but I have a hard time believing this. Although, someone my mom knows won $6 million, completed the $3 million spending spree in record time, and now her ex-husband is suing her for the remaining half, claiming they were only separated when she won it. She’s probably not too happy at this point.
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I'm a sucker for this song ("but not a real green dress, that's cruel").
The scary thing is, these days one might have to win a lot more than a million dollars to truly change one's life. If I had a million dollars, and once I paid the taxes on it, if I invested it, I might be able to actually retire someday. Maybe.
Or maybe I could actually have an upstairs bathroom.
I'm gonna listen to the song now and get to work, given I will not likely have a million dollars anytime soon.
I believe most lottery winners aren't happy. First they have to pay the taxes. That's no fun. Then they have to field all those letters from people who want a piece of the action. The fact that their sad stories probably aren't true doesn't make them any less sad. Then they give up their jobs. Sometimes this is a fine idea. But if they have meaningful work yet think they'll be happier watching TV all day...You get the picture. But most of all, the majority of lottery winners feel compelled to live fancy. Fancy never brought anyone lasting happiness.
Oh, yeah--good song. :-)
In Canada we don't have to pay taxes on lottery winnings. They need to have a reality show where one can live fancy for maybe a month. That would be fun...
This is a fun song. I may not have heard it before. We once found a Barenaked Ladies CD in a hotel room CD player, that's the only Barenaked Ladies I really know.
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