But gold is heavier than bank notes
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You do realize that if you take either the gold or the cash you're still roughly a billion dollars away from being a billionaire? At $72m you still have about 93% of the way to go before you hit even one billion. Elon is currently somewhere north of $700bn.
I'm just pointing this out because many people don't realize how excessively rich billionaires actually are. Many still seem to think we're talking about cutting into people's rainy day savings when we're calling for billionaire's fortunes getting taxed. And nobody earns that kind of money.
With all of the above said, if it is legit and comes with no strings attached, I will gladly take the ~$70m in gold (with approximately the dimensions of a microwave). Even if I have to pay taxes on it.
While gold does incur a conversion cost when putting it in a bank account, the same is true for a large amount of cash (especially when it is in a foreign currency). And gold has an intrinsic value which only increases over time. Thanks!
Hey please explain the microwave comparison. I didn't understand that part.
Gold has a density of 19.283 kg/l, so 500kg of Gold would only be about 26l big
Gold is really heavy, so 500 Kg fits in a small space.
For context:
500kg cash in 100 USD bills (like on the picture) would be roughly 50.000.000 USD.
And 500kg of Gold would currently be 71,396,000 USD.
A lot of this question really hinges around one question. What do I have to tell the government?
Do I get this as a prize? A gift? An inheritance? Income? Magical Genie appearance? Do I have to launder it? Am I going to get audited?
It's a lot harder to explain bundles of cash. Remove any identifying marking on the gold and claim it as marine salvage.
Except I dont own a boat, scuba gear and cant provide a lick of evidence that its marine salvage if even the most basic question is asked.
Its a lot easier to gradually introduce cash into my life without generating a paper trail.
Lol what your local kroger doesnt take gold bullion for milk.
I like the way you are way overthinking this like a true adult who knows how the world works. But hey it's just a silly meme with an ridiculous "what if" question, so let's assume there are no strings attached, no stipulations, this is not taxable and you don't have to report it to the IRS. Now you can let your imagination run wild, Which would you choose? Cash? Or gold? I think the question comes down to which equivalent weight of each is worth more than the other.
I'll take the gold, MAGA is royally fucking up the USD.
Is it 100 dollar bills? How much? Each weighs a gram. Gold is worth...145$ peer gram. So that means...gold will always be worth more, unless severely diluted.
Yeah, but what's more liquid? I can take those 100s and pay most of my expenses in cash for the rest of my life.
If I take the gold bars, I would have to find a buyer or find a way to convert it into cash. I'm sure most people and places will have questions about how I got the gold bars.
It's entirely plausible that the dollar could collapse to near worthless within our lifetimes. Inb4 Americans who think the world would be ending.
Bass boosted, reverb inshallah.
Plus we may have a $250 bill coming soon to make the cash option even more attractive!
When you heat both sides up: one is liquid, the other is flammable.
Homie flunked the pound of feathers riddle one too many times
Classic. Well done ?
both are more than I can carry , I'll take 30kg of gold
Gold: ~$145,000/kg
Dollar bills = about $1,000/kg
For reference.
Edit: didn’t tap the image to see $100 bills. Add a couple zeros to the $/kg amount.
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how about trillion tons of zimbabwean dollars
Everybody ITT
But I would have to pay taxes 😱
What are y'all doing complainig about billionaires not paying taxes, when you want to avoid them already talking about imaginary money?
You would have to pay taxes, and that's fine. But how do you report a sudden windfall of fifty million dollars in cash?
Idk, but I am pretty sure it is possible to find a lawyer who will explain it to me, when I am sitting on 500 kg of 100$ bills ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Fair enough lmao
Yeah, oh no I have to pay taxes on a massive windfall… Fuck off with that, I want my society to function. I get that it's a big chunk, but it's also free money.
I've heard numerous people complain about getting a raise because they would end up in a higher tax bracket and come out net negative...I don't think most people understand how tax brackets work.
Yeah anyone that thinks making more money means they'll end up with less money because of taxes is just wrong. It's crazy how so many people are that naive that they want to actively handicap themselves.
Having said that, you know what does work like that, our welfare system. It is possible to hit a point where you work too much and get xyz benefits taken away and the monetary value of those is larger than what your raise was. In particular, childcare/food stamp benefits are a hard one to lose and childcare can be a lot of money. So, that's a valid complaint but if you are not receiving government aid any raise you get at work is a benefit to you.
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500kg of gold is $72.6 million as of current market value.
The image shows 100 dollar bills, so let's assume the 500kg consists of just that. That would add up to ~$50 million (~1 gram each, adding up to 500.000 bills).
Gold increases in value. The dollar is decreasing in value and Trump is making sure it's going to tank as soon as possible.
Gold is worth more and is a wiser investment over time so I pick gold, with delivery please and thank you.
Gold increases in value. The dollar is decreasing in value.
Most of gold "increasing in value" is really just the dollar decreasing.
Good luck liquidating 500kg of gold without someone taking a decent cut. Gold doesn't always increase in value, it's a highly volatile commodity and atm is highly over speculated. More than likely whenever trump dies or leaves the office the market will correct itself to pre-pandemic pricing.
When people who don't understand what fiat currency is get scared by geopolitical instability they buy gold. Whenever those geopolitical instabilities absolve themselves they sell.
You'd probably be better off taking cash and investing it into index stock then taking the time and money to store, transport, and sell that much gold. There's a reason why billionaires are building Scrooge McDuck vaults and swimming in bullions.
I would just lock it all up in a vault. Why would I need to liquidate it? I can take loans from the bank indefinitely, as I have the gold as insurance. That's what billionaires do as well, to avoid taxes. They use their wealth in stock as insurance to take out loans, because on loads you don't pay taxes. But in my case I would pay taxes for the value of the gold, like a decent person.
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I'm not getting either. 500kg is powerlifter territory, nobody else can lift it.
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