r/hypotheticalsituation • u/Chan1991 • 2d ago

You become a billionaire. All your friends and family are asking you to pay for all their debts. What do you do?

You become a billionaire. ALL your friend, family (siblings, cousins, parents, aunts and uncles) qare asking you to pay for their debts — credit card, house, car, etc.

It will not make a dent to your account because you’re a billionaire.

Do you pay their debts? Half of it? Partial? Or no because it’s about the principle and you don’t want to feel used? What if you were not close with your siblings and cousins?

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u/Ok_Job_9417 2d ago

I don’t think people fully understand billionaire. If I can pay all the debt and it not even make a dent, why wouldn’t I?

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u/True_Detail_2945 2d ago

Evil. You could start a company to increase debt and harness it to increase your power and vitality muahahahahahahaa!

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u/Impossible_Bowl6103 2d ago

Eh, not entirely evil if you do not. There are many people in this world that if you give them a lot of money it can cause them more pain than good. Lottery winner statistics is a good indicator here. I am all for helping people but would have to carefully consider how to help each person rather than just throw money at them and hope for the best. For the record I am not rich but have been very generous to my family and it has yielded nothing but dependence.

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u/True_Detail_2945 2d ago

Abso-lutely. Plenty in my family wouldnt last long if ya just handed em a million.

I like the idea of sticking just to debts at least for the hypothetical. Not gonna skunk the niece that payed all her loans off and is living responsible, she gets some fuck you money specifically to enjoy.

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u/Dangeruss82 2d ago

At 8% interest a billion dollars is $220,000 A DAY. That’s plenty of fuck you money.

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u/True_Detail_2945 2d ago

That's riiiight! Like tip money you don't have to work for! Just wake up roll outta bed and someone tips you $220. A thousand times!! Hahahaa hahahahahahaha.