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Hypothetical - would you rather be POTUS or have $150,000,000?

Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:26 am
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
4132 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:26 am
Would you rather:

(1) Be the President of the United States and all its perks – i.e, power, prestige, influence, notoriety. However, that position has its disadvantages – i.e., stressors, incessant attention, constant scrutiny, etc. ; or

(2) Receive a one-time, lumpsum payment of $150,000,000? The payment is tax-free and no one would know about it (media, estranged family members, friends, and so on). You are free to do with it what you please. You are free to retire and do what you want. There are no strings attached. I chose this specific sum, as opposed to multiple billions, as it most likely would set you and generations up for life. A prudent one can live extremely comfortably just off a conservative interest return. However, unjustifiably, it isn’t impossible for one to blow it all – i.e., bankrupt athletes and musicians, lottery winners who are now living paycheck to paycheck, etc.
Posted by Blackfield
Member since Jan 2010
446 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:27 am to
150M without blinking
Posted by hendersonshands
Univ. of Louisiana Ragin Cajuns
Member since Oct 2007
160104 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:27 am to
You’d have to be an absolute fricking idiot to choose POTUS
Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
13865 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:27 am to
The millions.

frick being known by every single person and hated by half of them
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
29081 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:28 am to
$150 million tax-free and it ain't close.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27050 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:28 am to
I'll take the cash. You couldn't pay me enough to be President.
Posted by jlovel7
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
21302 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:28 am to
I'd take the money and then act like George Washington. Go retire immediately to my farm and eventually die while my sons grovel for my fortune.
This post was edited on 1/20/21 at 9:39 am
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21892 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:28 am to
Give me the money, I'm not set up to get ridiculed every day, not matter what I do. I'd rather be fishing, hunting, hiking, banging OT 9.5s or just hanging out on the beach.
Posted by Packer
IE, California
Member since May 2017
7773 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:28 am to
Who the hell would choose #1
Posted by Tornado Alley
Member since Mar 2012
26483 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:28 am to
Take on the most stressful job known to man or never have to work again?

Hmmmm. Tough choice.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
34912 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:29 am to
President. Print myself 500,000,000

Resign.

Posted by Boston911
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2013
1926 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:29 am to
If I had to take one or the other, $10,000,000 would do it for me
Posted by WhoGeaux
Member since Apr 2011
4415 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:29 am to
I'd be POTUS. Just big chilling in the basement playing Madden. Sign me up.
Posted by Warfarer
Dothan, AL
Member since May 2010
12112 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:29 am to
I would rather get 1 million cash than be president. Hell, I would probably rather have 50k than be president.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83510 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:29 am to
how is this even a question?
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79032 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:29 am to
10 years ago President without hesitation

Now still President, but it's close. I'm assuming you don't have to campaign to magically get the job. If you have to do that slog it changes the hypo.

I want to know about shite and see stuff few others get to see.

The only real downside is accusations and fabricated accusations about stuff from your past, but my record is pretty boring so it'd be fake stuff mostly.
This post was edited on 1/20/21 at 9:31 am
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
48926 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:30 am to
I wouldn't be POTUS for $150,000,000 much less taking the money for nothing
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
11300 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:30 am to
how is this a real question??? 150M...live in a house bigger than POTUS with none of the stress
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
66975 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:30 am to
I think that would depend on some factors:
Do I have to pay taxes on that $150m?
Does my political party have majorities in either house of congress?
Am I well-supported by my own political party?
Is the media 100% aligned against me, with me, or somewhat impartial?

I sure as shitte would take $150 million over being a president in the same position as Trump the last 4 years.

If DC were a little less stacked against me, though, I’d take the presidency and go down in history as a legend or a tyrant.
Posted by Travis Scott
McDonald’s
Member since Jan 2021
689 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:31 am to
President

I want to pardon C-Murder
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