20 plus years ago my in laws, who were always on the hand out program, hit a big win in the California state lottery.
It started out nicely, first they invited all of their relative together (we thought there was going to be a party) to announce that they would not be repaying any of the many personal loans family members had made to them and that they were moving away. I was not too surprised as I had never expected to get my money back and was happy to see them go.
They (of course took the cash pay out) managed to blow thru the money in record time. Rather than pay off any existing debts they dug deeper. They bought a house in LA, put money down on it, never made a single payment. Bought a 1 ton diesel tank, paid cash for all but $6000 of and financed that, never made a payment. They went thru it all in less than a year and had everything repossessed.
a good chunk of the winning was spent on more lottery tickets as they were sure to win again.
After all that they came back with hands out to relatives again. All with the story of how they were victims.
California is still supporting them.


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