Comments on: "Down-To-Earth" Couple Wins $270M Jackpot

Mega Millions Fortune For Small-Town Georgia Pair, Who Lived In Trailer; Had Declared Bankruptcy Twice

[easeup-2009]

Posted by USAyesterday at 11:11 AM : Feb 25, 2008

You are so right--I wouldn''t tell anyone. If I did I think I would go crazy with paranoia--thinking someone''s going to take my kids or something.

[dylanxxv]

If they have any kind of conscience at all they will pay their debtors they skrued over in the two bankruptcies...

[tngreen]

Could this article possibly dehumanize this couple more? The headline refers to them as "trailer dwellers," ala "cave dwellers," and the article reveals intimate details of their prior financial status (bankruptcy). Why do some journalists have to be pigs? Do they think that''s the only way to "sell papers"? This human interest story would sell itself without having to degrade this lucky couple.

I hope they buy the human interest section of CBS online and fire this writer!

[badfish911]

Congrats!
now go buy some toofers would ya?

[marcpcbs]

It%u2019s stupid to put so much money in one family%u2019s hands.

With this amount of money they should have taken half the winnings out for taxes off the top, and then divide the remaining 135 mil into 67 separate 2 mil+ winners tax free.

With 2 million the average family could use one million to get out of debt, put aside college money for the kids, fix up the house, buy a couple of new cars and take a nice vacation. Then put the second million in a secured 10% account and receive $ 100,000 per year from then on.

This would help 67 families instead of just one.

[mythoughtsr]

Since it can''t be me...I''m glad it''s them. They seem like nice people. Good luck to them and their family.

[ffra78]

wow..wonderful..very lucky hoping they wont blast that money

[rosevk]

Good for them. . .who cares if they spend it all in 5 years or 5 months or 5 days, they''ve been struggling with little all these years it won''t be hard for them to start over if they have to and at least they''ll have a chance to enjoy the good life with their family for a while. It''s wonderful to have people win that are simple and humble like Tonya and Bobby instead of some wealthy greedy person who already has too much and just wants more and more. . .

[blogthis1]

Lets see how much they have left in 5 years.

[genesauto]

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Honest Lawyer...That''s the best oxymoron I''ve heard recently. A good CPA should be able to cover all the bases pretty well.

[rational_1]

They seem like nice people - I hope this windfall doesn''t turn out to be a downfall.

[oeangus]

LOL @ CoachKen. And all those relatives you never knew existed.

[excoachken]

Congratulations. Now get an honest lawyer and a tax accountant and hide from all relatives for three months.