there are about 14 states in which you are permitted to remain anonymous. Ohio isn't one of them......
There's be an impulse to give it away to charity and pretend something good had been done. Wouldn't work either. I imagine enough legit businesses have sprung up to serve needs of lottery winners. Help them manage life change, manage money. I'd try to find out how legit really rich people do it, ones that have the same compass as I do, seek their advice and probably also live something resembling their life. At least until I got my feet wet and was able to figure my own direction.
I would probably buy a better brand of bread. Or just hire a cook. I would have a black raspberry field because it was my favorite jam and it is near impossible to find for anything near a reasonable price.
I think giving it away to charity sounds like a great idea! Problem is few are the charities that have values that I agree with, so i would want to control the giving, which leads to my response to your last post.
I seldom go out into the community, live off the beaten path , so I think remaining unbothered by people with their palms up would not be an impossible task. By the way, doesn't Ohio allow for a attorney to accept the money on behalf of an LLC? So you could create the Eastisbest Lottery LLC , work through an attorney, and remain unidentified. Seems that question came up in a business law class I took many years ago, and the professor said it could be done that way.
Even Amish spend. I'm kind of curious what your take-away was from my original post. I would say a good portion of Amish are living better than I am, lol.
It's a curious thought. Outside their own community, would you say the Amish are charitable? They have organizations that help other communities? What do you think they would do with a Powerball win or would they even play?
Yes, even Amish do spend, but some groups of Amish are very conservative and spend almost nothing on themselves outside of a good horse, shelter, clothing and food.
The question of Amish charity is a interesting one. There are many different groups of Amish, Mennonite and Brethren; all who are very similar in values expressed and beliefs, but very different in how those beliefs are lived out. I grew up in one of these communities, and when I was 20 years old decided to "join the Church".
One of the first jobs they gave me was to sit on a board with a few other men and we determined who in the community was truly in need of financial help, and then in an anonymous way, would get funds to give to help them out. Typically purchasing medical equipment, paying for assisted health care, tutoring or similar idea. Occasionally even purchasing an automobile for transportation to work was not out of the question. Prior to my being asked to sit on this board, I had no idea such a charity even existed, and while it was technically seperate from the church, you had to be "Amish" to be part of the board.
Many Mennonites and Brethren groups do extensive work in Haiti. They gather clothes, build homes ( many of these groups are tradesmen and have much construction experience) and in general pour into these destitute people.
The challenge is, remaining seperate from the world, but being aware of the needs of individuals in the community and then responding to that need. So yes, Amish will absolutely help outside of their group, but want to do so anonymously even to the point their spouse may not be aware of who they help and why. In our family, when dad felt moved to help someone financially, he did not involve mom in the process.
Would Amish play the lottery? Seriously doubt it. I'm sure some do, but most would not.
The best way to answer what they might do with the money is to see what they do currently with their money. I would say they would buy a new horse or two, build that bank barn they have dreamed about for years, and then invest nearly all of it in non depreciating assets.
