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Jan 10, 2019
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BigYfan
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Without investing, could you realistically spend $5B?
scootsy
First name: Tom; Last: Foolery
1/10/19 2:56pm
no
BlueFrog
1/10/19 2:56pm
Easily.
Baron
1/10/19 2:56pm
I'm slightly skeptical. What would you buy?
scootsy
1/10/19 3:00pm
was mentioned below. a sports franchise or two and it's gone.
smokymountainrain
1/10/19 3:03pm
Could be considered an investment
UberDeek
1/10/19 3:43pm
Almost anything could be. But you could do it and then turn around and sell
smokymountainrain
1/10/19 4:49pm
Or just donate/give away the properties
BYUFootballisBack
1/10/19 5:14pm
Houses, yachts, cars, expensive gifts like all of the aforementioned but for family members.
Pimpin4Paradise
1/10/19 3:04pm
You'd still have like $4.5B left to spend.
scootsy
1/10/19 3:05pm
A crap ton of property and houses.
Dillinger
1/10/19 3:05pm
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Bovine University
1/10/19 3:26pm
No. Does anything that might possibly appreciate in value count as an
Dillinger
1/10/19 3:29pm
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Bovine University
1/10/19 3:31pm
I say anything that yields a non-consumable asset is an investment. Things like cars would be considered consumable.
Byron McNertney
1/10/19 3:32pm
I'd use the heck out of those houses. Consume them multiple times a year.
Dillinger
1/10/19 3:36pm
Unless you're insulting your family with property in the slums, yes it is
Iki_Balam
1/11/19 9:39am
I would say no if he doesn't rent them and pays staff to keep them up year round
BYUFootballisBack
1/10/19 4:16pm
Rent out 20 stadiums throughout the year for months at a time.
Baron
1/10/19 3:11pm
A wall on the Mexican border should take care of it.
John Doe
1/10/19 3:18pm
Build a major theme park. Land, rides, etc.
mncstr
1/10/19 3:41pm
Roller Coasters only cost $3-30MM
scootsy
1/10/19 3:41pm
Yeah, I was thinking lots of land and big R&D projects like Disney.
mncstr
1/11/19 2:01pm
Start buying supercars and extremly rare collector cars. Then build a giant
BYUMizzou
1/10/19 3:42pm
easy.
TN_Coug
1/10/19 2:56pm
Id buy the Lakers and Dodgers and then let them die.
TPcoug
1/10/19 2:56pm
Al Davis?
JAGA97
1/10/19 2:57pm
Would cost more than $5b
califcougar
1/10/19 3:11pm
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bornbyu93
1/10/19 11:25pm
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Bovine University
1/10/19 3:27pm
Not if im running it down to zero 🙂
TPcoug
1/10/19 4:02pm
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Bovine University
1/10/19 4:05pm
Brewster's Billions?
Indy Coug
1/10/19 2:56pm
So I could donate? I could fund some nice things for the church and BYU...
Pete
1/10/19 2:57pm
Uh, yes. Brewsters Billions?
BeyondTheMark
1/10/19 2:57pm
Of course. Unless buying sports teams count as an investment.
RalphWiggam
1/10/19 2:57pm
Investment, albeit not always the most prudent one. *buzzer sound*
scootsy
1/10/19 2:59pm
I'd buy the Dallas Cowboys
IceBlueCoug
1/10/19 2:57pm
And rehire Switzer!
fulano
1/10/19 3:07pm
I'm goin after Troy, Emmitt, Deion, and Michael. THey'll lead us back to greatness
IceBlueCoug
1/10/19 3:11pm
I would buy them and hire switzer just so they spiral into a pile of poo
fulano
1/10/19 3:22pm
I'll take 1 space ship flight please.
JAGA97
1/10/19 2:58pm
Ok, what will you now do with the remaining $4.98B?
scootsy
1/10/19 2:58pm
1 Nimitz class aircraft carrier.
JAGA97
1/10/19 2:59pm
There's a wall she could finance. Naming rights?
byujdmba
1/10/19 2:59pm
5000 million? Sure why not.
Grit for Brains
1/10/19 3:00pm
5 billion = spending $1 million a day for 13.7 years
BlueFrog
1/10/19 3:01pm
or spending $5BN per day for one day.
RugbyCoug
1/10/19 3:11pm
much more realistic
BlueFrog
1/10/19 3:13pm
Most of those things you think you could buy, aren't for sale so it wouldn't be that easy.
Hank Rearden
1/10/19 3:01pm
Everybody's got a price.
Cougarrr
1/10/19 3:03pm
I don't think anyone could
BigYfan
1/10/19 3:02pm
I'm sure you could find a really nice place to rent for the right price. If
cougaman
1/10/19 3:04pm
I wonder how much "one of everything" on Amazon would cost.
Cougarrr
1/10/19 3:03pm
Quick research shows 12.86 billion
Devouring1
1/10/19 3:24pm
high stakes poker
lukeskywalker
1/10/19 3:04pm
you need someone who has similar stakes
BigYfan
1/10/19 3:07pm
$6B in sugar subsidies
Shihan
1/10/19 3:04pm
Yes
pegushin
1/10/19 3:04pm
This dude spent 100 million on his daughter's wedding, even that barely dents
Windward_Coug
1/10/19 3:06pm
Boats, planes, arenas, an island or 2...
Grit for Brains
1/10/19 3:24pm
RE: Without investing, could you realistically spend $5B?
Cougar TD
1/10/19 3:06pm
How much are private islands going for these days?
CougarAndMerlin
1/10/19 3:06pm
Not that much, relatively speaking. Although you could spend up to $500M on one.
scootsy
1/10/19 3:09pm
Is that before or after the Occasio-Cortez 70% tax rate?
HuskerFan2
1/10/19 3:07pm
Wait - is someone really trying to pass a tax rate that high?
crack
1/10/19 3:21pm
Yes.
JohnnyComeLately
1/10/19 4:18pm
You obviously don't have teen drivers.
ochobeeguy
1/10/19 3:10pm
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Carnac
1/10/19 3:13pm
Spend it on collector stamps and then mail the stamp
cheezedawg
1/10/19 3:19pm
Just be sure to have an accountant around to hire incase you have extra money
cougaman
1/10/19 3:21pm
Interesting business venture. Could you make more money by buying the limited
AggieWeekendCougar
1/10/19 3:22pm
Really great idea. And when you mail it, mail it to "None of the Above"
CDV
1/10/19 3:31pm
I could do it, but would be buying a lot of stuff I don't really want/need.
califcougar
1/10/19 3:23pm
even with all that, you're barely denting $5B, it's a LOT of money
Kajdin
1/10/19 4:16pm
787-$200m, Gulfstream+$60m. Customize both would cost another $40m million.
califcougar
1/10/19 4:34pm
So you reached $2.5, more than a dent, but still not close to all of it.
Kajdin
1/10/19 4:36pm
If I start building property by knocking over stuff in desirable areas and
califcougar
1/10/19 4:50pm
A huge chunk of that would fall under "investments"
Kajdin
1/10/19 5:46pm
Yeah- its a lot of money. Continuing the Brewsters Millions theme, though, you could run for President. That was $2.4
cheezedawg
1/10/19 5:53pm
Sean Payton, come on down. You are the next BYU Head Coach.
crack
1/10/19 3:23pm
Sorry he's not LDS but Andy Reid would work 🙂
BYU Grounds
1/10/19 4:34pm
Ok. Sean Payton for OC.
crack
1/10/19 4:37pm
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Bovine University
1/10/19 3:30pm
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Bovine University
1/10/19 3:41pm
Trip to space for your next family reunion
Agnostic-alumni
1/10/19 3:35pm
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OPINIONS
1/10/19 3:40pm
do you know how much a wall costs?
BYU Grounds
1/10/19 3:45pm
Adjusted for inflation, Richard Pryor answered this question in
Sandstone Cougar
1/10/19 3:54pm
That guy only had to spend $30MM!
scootsy
1/10/19 4:04pm
Bankroll a trip to Mars. Done.
Sandstone Cougar
1/10/19 3:56pm
I once had a dream where I come up with some market trading strategy that made me the richest person on earth, and I
cheezedawg
1/10/19 3:58pm
Yes. I would donate a lot of it.
Jeff Spicoli
1/10/19 3:58pm
all to BYU football! New stadium, endow the scholarships, endow the coaching..
BYU Grounds
1/10/19 4:09pm
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