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by Tyunmen » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:12 pm
by Xmara » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:13 pm
by Yetibet » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:13 pm
The Jamesian Republic wrote:I would buy the entire country of Liechtenstein since it is really small.
by Heloin » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:14 pm
by Farnhamia » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:14 pm
by Kannap » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:17 pm
Tyunmen wrote:Buy nation-states in order to stop this topic from coming into existence. And buy the entire-united states government so I can make mandatory-Star wars day, on may the 4th just because I can.
Luna Amore wrote:Please remember to attend the ritualistic burning of Kannap for heresy
by Xmara » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:17 pm
by Kannap » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:18 pm
Luna Amore wrote:Please remember to attend the ritualistic burning of Kannap for heresy
by Hammer Britannia » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:19 pm
by Nevertopia » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:26 pm
So the CCP won't let me be or let me be me so let me see, they tried to shut me down on CBC but it feels so empty without me.
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by Tocan Isle » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:28 pm
Nevertopia wrote:How do I spend it all? Simple, I let my workers unionize, submit to all their union initiatives and pay my taxes. Giving all my employees raises is not charity btw, thats called cost of business.
I use my money to lobby the government to proportionally tax the morbidly rich such as myself and then pay it. That alone will cost most of my fortune as other rich folk fight me to prevent it. It'll be a money fight if you will.
Next I'll go buy up as much property as I can, and start selling it off for less, like for thousands of dollars to first-time homeowners instead of investors, with a contract that says they cant sell the property for minimum 15yrs and if the home gets damaged/destroyed they have to give it back to me free of charge on the grounds that I find them suitable housing. This is also not investing because Im not making money from it as Im specifically deflating my price.
After that I'd buy as many loans I can from the banks and pay them all off myself.
So paying taxes, letting my workers unionize, paying my workers, paying off the debt that I now owe from buying everyone elses and deflating the housing market should make me broke while meeting all of the criteria.
by Akerti » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:33 pm
by Australian rePublic » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:34 pm
by Frontier Isles » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:39 pm
by Auphelia » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:43 pm
Kannap wrote:And no, you cannot invest it, you may not keep it, and you cannot earn more of it. You can only spend it. And, for the purposes of this scenario, we're going to ignore that most of Bezos' wealth is locked away in stocks, investments, etc. We're going to pretend that his wealth is all cold, liquid-y cash, ripe for the spending. Failure to spend it all or try to save/invest/otherwise loophole your way to keeping the money or letting a proxy hold it on your behalf will result in your immediate arrest, where you can post bail for the remainder of your worth or be sentenced to life in prison, thereby forfeiting your worth to the state.
by Luxenermy » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:45 pm
by 503 » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:45 pm
by Kannap » Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:03 pm
Auphelia wrote:Kannap wrote:And no, you cannot invest it, you may not keep it, and you cannot earn more of it. You can only spend it. And, for the purposes of this scenario, we're going to ignore that most of Bezos' wealth is locked away in stocks, investments, etc. We're going to pretend that his wealth is all cold, liquid-y cash, ripe for the spending. Failure to spend it all or try to save/invest/otherwise loophole your way to keeping the money or letting a proxy hold it on your behalf will result in your immediate arrest, where you can post bail for the remainder of your worth or be sentenced to life in prison, thereby forfeiting your worth to the state.
So in this hypothetical, is it also assumed that we cannot buy things for ourselves? Or does that count as spending the money? I know we cannot have others hold the money, but if we bought something of significant worth for personal use, would that result in our arrest?
Because I have a crippling desire for gobs and gobs, piles and miles of expensive jewellery. Even so, I don't think I could even dent his fortune if I bought every necklace or broach or tiara I ever wanted.
Luna Amore wrote:Please remember to attend the ritualistic burning of Kannap for heresy
by Heloin » Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:07 pm
by The Sakhalinsk Empire » Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:12 pm
The Jamesian Republic wrote:I would buy the entire country of Liechtenstein since it is really small.
by Saiwania » Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:17 pm
by Xmara » Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:23 pm
Saiwania wrote:It's hard to say what it'd be like, other than that it'd be pretty dang good for me. But the outside world would perhaps find it "controversial" because other than spending on assets/things that'll keep me rich- I'd plan to also spend on what is seen as "evil" things, with the only line that I draw being that I don't want to do anything I could be criminally charged for.
Would still use my vast resources to maybe back neo-Nazi coups overseas, sending money to racist organizations to pit them against eachother to cause outcomes I hope for or to build the alt-right's message, maybe purchasing this website to turn it into my personal playground where the policies are vastly different and so on.
The one thing that'd be beneficial that I do want to push hard for is a global ban on plastic and to somehow make it so that people just don't know how to make it anymore, and we can't until we know how to easily remove the plastic that's polluted the planet/food chain already.
by Saiwania » Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:27 pm
Xmara wrote:Pretty sure that you would be breaking the law in some way, shape, or form if you did that.
by National Capitalist United States » Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:29 pm
Saiwania wrote:Xmara wrote:Pretty sure that you would be breaking the law in some way, shape, or form if you did that.
If you're rich enough, it is perhaps a good play to do everything you can to change the laws such that nothing you do is illegal. You can buy the government to try to become it unto yourself if you crave unlimited power and freedoms. In any case, overthrowing democracy to install a yes man or a favorable regime (if I personally can't lead it) is high on the agenda.
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