• CoryCoolguy@lemmy.myserv.one
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    10 minutes ago

    I’m getting $7,000,000,019. How? Well I take the $19 right now for starters. Then I spend the next 24 hours trying to think of a plan to secure the 7B as well.

  • yoriaiko@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 hours ago

    Spoiler - I’m from future, very next week to be exact, and I have some news for Ya.

    Tomorrow, exactly 18 hours from I’m commenting now, Epstein files will leak. Whole murica will collapse within next 2 hours. Dollars as currency will collapse instantly too!

    7 billions dollar will be worthy less than 19 today, if You manage to exchange the currency to any other - get value of $19.

    Actually, unsure, depends if 7 billions gonna be in coins, paper or digital money. That amount of paper could be worth little more than $19 (that paper is not burnable, so still meh), coins, as metal, should be worthy way more.

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    6 hours ago

    Always take the upfront cash! Currency devalues over time so that 7 billion could be worthless by tomorrow. But $19 invested correctly today could be worth a trillion dollars by tomorrow.

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    6 hours ago

    $19 right now, obviously. If I get hit by a bus and die between now and tomorrow, then I’ll have ended up with nothing

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        5 hours ago

        No no. There are wealth companies out there that you can pay millions to and they will make sure you don’t have to pay any taxes.

        I’d still take the $19 though. Sure money now is better than potential money in the future.

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          4 hours ago

          What if I want to pay taxes, can I just enter 7 billion into the online FreeTax USA website?

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    5 hours ago

    I’ll take the 7 billions dollars tomorrow. Even if it’s some Ugadogobindan dollar where 7 billions of it is worth less than $19, the max I lose is $19, so I’m gonna take that risk.

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    5 hours ago

    I’m worried about the taxes due on that $7 billion. With tax brackets and that math, I’d probably come out ahead with the $19. This is why I’ve declined every raise I’ve been offered, don’t want to slip into that next tax rate.

  • kboos1@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    $19. I’ve seen enough evil genie movies. It will never be tomorrow, it’s always today. Tomorrow is the promise of today.