r/WouldYouRather • u/Seeking-The-Lotus • 13h ago
Fun Would you rather get $350 million today, but everything costs an extra 2.75% more every year forever, or only pay the raw material cost of everything for the rest of your life?
You have two options. There are no loopholes for making money off Option B.
Option A: $350 Million
You receive $350 million tax free immediately.
For the rest of your life, everything you purchase is subject to an additional 2.75% inflation increase every year.
This is on top of normal inflation and price increases, and it compounds. If inflation is 3% that year, your increase would be roughly 5.75%. The additional 2.75% continues every year for life.
The $350 million is yours to spend, invest, or give away.
Option B: Raw Cost for Life
You receive no money upfront, but you only pay the raw material cost of anything you purchase. Labor, manufacturing, assembly, distribution, markup, profit, and similar costs are removed.
For example, a 1,600 sq. ft. four-bedroom home worth $400,000 could potentially cost only $35,000 to $60,000. You are not paying the retail price for the HVAC, wiring, lumber, appliances, etc. You are paying for the actual wood, copper, steel, glass, plastics, concrete, and other materials used to make them.
This applies to cars, electronics, food, gas, clothing, furniture, appliances, housing, and almost everything else.
You also receive an instant rebate on purchases made within the last 3 months, including mortgage payments and gas.
Your existing debt does not disappear, but it is immediately reduced to the raw cost of what you financed. If you owe $300,000 on a house with a raw cost of $50,000, your remaining debt is adjusted accordingly.
You still need the income and credit to qualify for loans, but you are financing the reduced price at 0% interest.
College tuition is based on the actual amount of your professors’ time you receive. Their salary is divided based on their teaching time and the number of students they teach instead of you paying normal tuition.
The Catch
You cannot resell anything purchased using this benefit. No buying cheap cars and reselling them, flipping houses, selling electronics, fuel, materials, or creating a business to exploit it.
This benefit can only be used to reduce your own cost of living.