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janeiro 21, 2004


Duplo Jackpot


Em South Euclid, Ohio o "carteirista público" esqueceu-se de estabelecer leis para ir ao bolso dos vencedores da Lotaria (via Mises Economics Blog):
"Rebecca Jemison, who emerged as the true winner of last month's $162 million lottery drawing, is suddenly even richer. This Cleveland suburb [South Euclid, Ohio] is suddenly much poorer.

South Euclid city officials were stunned to learn that they can't collect $1.4 million in income taxes from the winning Mega Millions ticket since the city charter wasn't updated to include lottery winnings as taxable income.

The news came at a bad time for South Euclid, which laid off six workers and made other cuts to help bring its $16.5 million budget down to $13 million, Welo said. The city had planned to use the windfall to rehire some workers and improve parks and recreation programs."

É curioso a notícia ligar os impostos - que a cidade não pode cobrar - à contratação de trabalhadores. Tratar-se-ia de uma receita extraordinária imprevisível (penso que ainda não conseguem adivinhar os vencedores). Mesmo com a lei em vigor, para o próximo ano, o que iriam fazer ao orçamento e aos trabalhadores entretanto contratados?