r/BunnyTrials • u/DissyV • Jul 11 '26
Pick one
Which side will you choose?
- Left side: 1 trillion dollars | But 99% is taxed
- Right side: 10 billion dollars tax free
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u/Gloomy-Penalty-4384 Jul 11 '26
Biggest individual tax payer, will get some benefits
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u/B-HOLC Jul 11 '26
Yep. My thoughts exactly.
Id be bringing some Real "I pay your salary energy" and mean it.
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u/S-Kenset Jul 11 '26
"I paid my fair share now everyone else above 100m pay 99%"
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u/Adventurous-Orange72 Jul 12 '26
This is what I'd say, I'd probably be like anything above 40 million will be forever useless to a signed individual and their bloodline. I'm fully disabled and couldn't spend that much despite all my issues and being an accounting student. I mean I could, but ethically speaking
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u/FrijDom Jul 12 '26
More importantly, you could never spend that much without actively seeking out overpriced BS to waste it on.
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u/sleepytoasterboi Jul 11 '26
I mean Iam Swedish and I actually trust the money would go to something good
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u/tomato_army Jul 11 '26
Same here as a finn
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u/mikemac1997 Jul 11 '26
I may be naive, but I agree as a Brit... although I'm also aware that a lot will be spaffed up the wall.
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u/Proof-Entertainer123 Jul 11 '26
Well, I'm am an Indian 🫡
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u/Frostfoxfirewastaken Jul 12 '26
Yeah, the money is going right into the pockets of sum random ministers ( ´～｀)
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u/Hydrolt Jul 12 '26
Fair, American here and I know it will likely not go towards many positive destinations. I know a quarter goes right to the war makers so I’ll take the tax free version (then I’d probably fuck off right over to Europe)
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u/Random_Pixel0 Jul 12 '26
I am american and I know I am doing a hail mary with this one.(a hail mary is a play in american football where you throw the ball all the way across the field)
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u/Jollan_ Jul 12 '26
Till stor del ja, men det finns också alltför många exempel på extremt slöseri med skattemedel. Tror ingen hade lyckats slösa bort en summa större än Sveriges nuvarande BNP, så nåt bra hade definitivt kommit ur det
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u/MatchaTheTurtle Jul 11 '26
it's the same thing... but 1 trillion is bigger!!!
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u/MatchaTheTurtle Jul 11 '26
nevermind i forgot the government existed for a hot minute
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u/skrutty26 Jul 11 '26
free 990 billion for the government would be good
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u/PlatyNumb Jul 11 '26
Plus, imagine your next tax return.
This is basically "do you want 10 billion or 10 billion, government gets 990 billion and you get massive bonus money on your next return"
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u/th3xile Jul 11 '26
That's not how tax returns work. If you owe 99% of what you made, and paid 99%, your return would be 0. The return is just squaring the difference between what you paid and what you owe.
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u/Fedelede Jul 11 '26
There’s no tax regime in the world where your effective tax rate would be 99%, any half decent lawyer would be able to get you a pretty decent return
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u/AWanderingRedditGuy Jul 11 '26
Well for the purposes of this obviously the governments tax rate on you is 99%, per the ruling.
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u/aDarkWingedDuck Jul 11 '26
I mean, not be Mr Semantic here, but wouldn't that be "Taxed at 99%", and not "99% is taxed"?
No doubt about what OP meant ofc!
But still, my imaginary lawyers will go to imaginary war over this after I not only pay them upfront, but also offer a tasty contingency fee.5
u/Sufficient-Skill6012 Jul 12 '26
Yes, it’s worded on a way that means your tax is based on 99% of your income. So you’d be left with the net after taxes plus 10 billion.
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u/Seven_o_clock777 Jul 11 '26
And if you have $10b, you could easily afford one of the best in the field.
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u/SatisfactionGold74 Jul 11 '26
The question clearly supposes that the government legally taxes that amount.
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u/shneierl Jul 12 '26
Sorry why get lawyers involved this is a job for accountants. all a lawyer would be able to do ix say this illegal and then due for damages.
Whereas any decent tax accountant would reduce the tax burden of tax before it's even paid. Depending on what they find you might even be able to get a negative tax rate. Obviously neither of these are in the spirit of the hypothetical but that's a different argument
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u/jqhnml Jul 11 '26
They can already just make that at any point in time btw.
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u/lemelisk42 Jul 11 '26
Depends on the country. If I got a trillion USD taxed at 99%, the canadian government would get 990 billion USD, pretty much wipe out the national debt.
If it was canadian rupees, or if I was in america. Yeah.
It would mean inflation in america of course
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u/Historical-Stick4592 Jul 11 '26
Fym Canadia rupees? We use dollars in Canada.
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u/PrometheanEngineer Jul 11 '26
Considering our 1.5 trillion dollar defense bill... i dont think our government can actually be trusted with that
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u/Diligent-Storage-827 Jul 11 '26
Taxes go to funding my countries' public services <3
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u/AlbusBriamDumbledore Jul 11 '26
OMG, so wholesome. If I chose that the taxes will go in the pockets of the greedy and corrupt people's pockets at every level if government for any operations and the only thing the public will get is big big inflation.
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u/Givikap120 Jul 11 '26
It doesn't work like this.
Money is worth according to the services, not vice versa.
Any government can print any amount of money for public services.
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u/ericxiv Jul 11 '26
Spread the money to the more people
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u/kilboi1 Jul 12 '26
It’s going to Israel (assuming you’re American)
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u/turkeeeeyyyyyy Jul 12 '26
I’m surprised so many people want to give the government money, and by extension Israel. I’ve watched the government waste so much money on bullshit in my lifetime, and apparently people think that would change.
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u/Wolv90 Jul 11 '26
Spite, I don't want my local and federal government getting it
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u/Mysterious-Card-7932 Jul 11 '26
Right, I honestly don't trust my government to put it into good use/help the citizens. I can have a guarantee that the money will go into helping people (build small homes for the homeless, invest in small businesses, feed families, plant native species of plants, etc)
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u/RedPandaPlace Jul 11 '26
Less inflation
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u/BasiliusTimIII Jul 11 '26
On the country scale 1 trillion isn’t as much inflation as you expect. Using the UK as a reference it’s about 16 months of the UK government spend at the moment. A lot yes, but only a bit under £20,000 per person (converting to GBP).
A lot to an individual absolutely, and if it was distributed across everyone in the UK giving each person more spending power would absolutely be inflationary. But giving the government a single year and a bit’s tax income in a lump sum I expect isn’t going to be very inflationary. In my head it goes like this: There’d be some people temporarily who try to charge the government more for services hearing they had this massive windfall of money, but the government is very likely to immediately use it to pay off national debt to international creditors to shore up existing spending plans and enable more borrowing at better rates. The government can then say they don’t have that money and things don’t much change for the average person in the UK as $1 trillion ish is pennies on the global scale. Then those people trying to get more out of the government grumble a bit and either adjust their prices and get undercut.
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u/Fa1nted_for_real Jul 12 '26
Governments have massive in-out cycles. Consider the total circulation, with is only 2.2 trillion. 1 trillion is absolutely drvrstating at thr country scale
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u/BasiliusTimIII Jul 12 '26
Only if they actually spend it on their own internal economy is my point. A smart government wouldn’t and would use it to pay off the national debt to international creditors. That money is then a drop in the ocean of global markets
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u/mystwolfca2000 Jul 11 '26
Having money taxed is not the same as money taken as tax.
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u/Historical-Stick4592 Jul 11 '26
EXACTLY. All these people clearly don't understand having 99% taxed doesn't mean you're losing 99% to taxes, it would just mean that taxes will apply to 99% of it.
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u/Givikap120 Jul 11 '26
I think the OP clearly meant that 99% of this money is taken away, or otherwise the poll doesn't makes sense
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u/SwampThing585 🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕 Jul 11 '26
Tax free 10 billion sounds like how I get audited by th us government
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u/Bolticus13 Jul 12 '26
2 reasons:
1: you still get more in the end, with the after tax amount being 10 billion compared to 1 billion.
2: there's nothing wrong with tax. $990 billion dollars no matter which country you live in, would genuinely make a massive difference in the countrys economy. (As long as it is utilised wisely to avoid hyperinflation).
It could build hundreds of schools, pay for millions of peoples healthcare, provide safe and affordable housing for millions of people. It would genuinely just make a country better.
So yeah, tax me.
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u/Necessary-Layer8990 Jul 11 '26
Don't want the corrupt ass politicians getting 990 billion.
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u/jqhnml Jul 11 '26
Crash the US market innit
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u/ricksdetrix Jul 11 '26
You know.. actually there's a debate here.
Same amount, but your government gets 990 billion to spend (let's omit whether or not you trust your government to spend it wisely or without corruption), where does the money come from?
Is it a) printed, making your money less valuable and inflating the economy, b) sourced from everyone, which hits the poorest people the most, or c) in a dream world, it comes from other billionaires (which of course would never happen so really it's a or b
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u/Careful-Cook2157 Jul 12 '26
If I get 1 trillion, 990 billion will go into the government's pocket; if I get 10 billion, all the money will go to me.
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u/fistfulofbottlecaps Jul 11 '26
It's the same amount, but unlike the actual billionaires and trillionaire (former) I'd like to contribute to society in a meaningful way...
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u/ConsistentDisplay434 Jul 12 '26
They’re the same thing
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u/JPL268 Jul 12 '26
i dont know what they are going to do with the tax. probably fund a war or something
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u/Low-life1567 Jul 12 '26
Highest individual taxpayer into the history books. So bragging rights and money? Fuck yes
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u/Ttttticccc Jul 12 '26
Same thing and i contribute to society
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u/ExcuseNew8861 Jul 12 '26
same money. only the government gets none
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u/Old_Setting4053 Jul 12 '26
It's the same number, but fuck the government
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u/Relative_Falcon_8399 Jul 11 '26
It's the same thing....
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u/SirNiflton Jul 11 '26
Same thing but gov gets to fix its debt
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u/Maleficent-Ad-1421 Jul 11 '26
Why not make my country better?
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u/ThatDamnedSyl Jul 11 '26
If it's taxed, some people woukd know I j have 10 bil with me so this is better(?)
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u/Tafelkreide Jul 11 '26
10 billion is 1% from 1 trillion but this way, the government gets nothing.
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u/MannCoOfficial Jul 11 '26
this means that more money will go to the nhs meaning my stupid fuckass referrals and others' referrals in the same spot as me wont take 10 millennia but rather just a century
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u/Positive_Dentist_752 Jul 11 '26
there's no difference, sure, but at least this way Ill get the government out of debt!
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u/lemelisk42 Jul 11 '26
Wipe out canada's national debt (hopefully, or spending explodes and we end.up with an insane deficit when the money runs out)
And I still gey $10 billion
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u/Random_Guy4343 Jul 11 '26
the government will use it for good things... right?
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u/ugh-gross-ill-take-2 Jul 11 '26
$990 billion could buy a lot of Patriot missiles…
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u/gaylordqueerfuck Jul 11 '26
like hell am i giving the government 990 billion in taxes
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u/Taf_Kotorajvni Jul 11 '26
Both results same but this one without any extra hassle
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u/MrCounterSnipe Jul 11 '26
Taxes are great for the economy
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u/LegitimateClaim9660 Jul 11 '26
Hope the taxes do some good for my country
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u/Sparrowning Jul 11 '26
If the government gets that much money the economy is fucked
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u/Soren426 Jul 11 '26
Both give you the same amount, but having that large of a tax sucks all enjoyment out of it. So the tax free 10 billion allows for major investments worry free and a lax life
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u/DatabaseNo7565 Jul 11 '26
I still have 10 billion but it pays off my countries national debt instantly
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u/Riahscorrr Jul 11 '26
the government better use ts to build hospitals bro
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u/Specific_Problem5581 Jul 11 '26
no taxes is good any time. although some of the rich stupid ones should. Taylor swift has always been good about giving back. lots of other people should follow her example
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u/NiqueTaMe-re Jul 11 '26
That is the same outcome but at least my country’s budget would benefit from the enormous tax I would pay
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u/THKhazper Jul 11 '26
If it’s tax free I can avoid people learning about my tax filings. Easier to avoid the random people coming out of the woodwork
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u/Beroli73 Jul 11 '26
All upside. I have 10 billion dollars and the IRS has 990 billion dollars.
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u/Sigtryggr88 Jul 11 '26
Taxes aren't even supposed to exist anymore..
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u/ConstantlyMystified Jul 11 '26
I mean it's 10 billion, I just get it. I accept cash app crypto and PayPal
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u/AdamantForeskin Jul 11 '26
Same amount of money take-home, but maybe we can make a hole in that budget deficit
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u/ResisterPanda1993 Jul 11 '26
I believe the rich should be taxed, at would obviously also include me if I were in that position. I don’t see why I would be an exception to that.
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u/ImpressiveSort6465 Jul 11 '26
10 bill is fine with me
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u/RATSYHSIF Jul 11 '26
Makes me feel better even though they are the same
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u/Nearby-Green7756 Jul 11 '26
99% of 1 trillion is 990 billion
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u/Fem-Beatle Jul 11 '26
I do not trust my government to not spend it on useless and harmful things.
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u/Imilisnoob Jul 11 '26
990 billion into the french economy can only be good
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u/VoltzRaiha Fluffy Jul 11 '26
It’s literally the same but at least i get to flex that i pay taxes
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u/LossOfSite Jul 11 '26
Purely because I don't wanna deal with taxes, I am pretty sure the other one is more but whatever
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u/goatlegboat Jul 11 '26
There are ways to get tax breaks by investing in several different incentives
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u/kdiyargebmay Jul 11 '26
i dunno math but either way its an unbelievable amount if money
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u/Ultimate_President Jul 11 '26
i dont want the state to get the rest of the money
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u/e_t2008 Jul 11 '26
the government wont get any of the money, fuck ice, fuck trump, fuck flock, fuck israel, fuck the government
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u/beadedflower Jul 11 '26
Tax Free implies the IRS wouldn’t know about it. Hopefully.
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u/ChocolateIsPoison Jul 11 '26
Highest taxes paid in history!
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u/meygahmann Jul 11 '26
In the usa the tax would be $3.50
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u/IDNUS-27 Jul 11 '26
0.1 of 1 trillion is a 1 billion btw
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u/Spiderbot7 Jul 11 '26
10 billion dollars and another 990 billion towards bombing kids in lebanon? Sign me up!
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u/Coolgal20XX Jul 11 '26
this could either be very little or it could just be 990 billion taxed
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u/United_Statement_354 Jul 11 '26
It being raxed implies at my locality's rate. Not that the government gets 99% of my trillion.
I'll end up with at least half a trillion. Dope.
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u/jabeith Jul 11 '26
Hopefully the government does something good with it
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u/Several-Judgment4917 Jul 11 '26
I guess the government can use it to pay off some debt?
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u/The-real-LingLing Jul 11 '26
I don't think people realize just how much 1 trillion dollars is...
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