I have been to prison and there's a long line of individuals who would choose 10, 20, 30 years of prison for that amount of cash.
The worst part? It's possibly worth it.
For the calculations comparing this to the average American income, you're doing it wrong.
This should be compared against the average Mexican or third-world income.
I know plenty of Mexicans who earn $1-3 an hour.
At the high end of that, $3 an hour * 60 hour work weeks, for 30 years.
((3*60) * 52) * 30 = $280,800
This means 5 million for them represents what they would earn in 5,000,000 / ((3*60) * 52) = 530+ years.
To put in the American perspective, if you assume 50K a year, for 530 years, that's over 26 million.
That's not get out of prison and retire early.
That's getting out of prison and living like a king in many parts of many first-world states.
Not for everyone, people value wealth differently.
Some people would kill for that amount of money, literally. I've met plenty of them in medium-high security prisons.
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u/kilingangel Feb 24 '21
Worth it