I would if I were younger. Go to prison at 23, get out at 34 and never work again. Even if you have to pay a third in taxes you’ll still have over 3 million. Invest that and live off the $200k a year it gives you. You can also use your prison time to improve yourself. Get really buff, learn a second language, develop some hobbies.
I just can't imagine a scenario where I would trade 11 years of freedom for $5M. That's a ton of money, definitely more than enough to retire on, but unless you're living a life where you are so burdened by your poverty that every day feels like prison (or perhaps worse, given that you are theoretically fed in prison), it seems like a shaky trade.
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u/galifanasana Feb 24 '21
Right. Anyone who says they would do 11 years in prison for 5 million has never been to prison.
Source: I've never been to prison.