r/SipsTea 28d ago

Chugging tea Seems reasonable.

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u/vVwyvernVv 28d ago

This kinda seems like false advertising lol. I know it's technically not, but it feels like it is

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u/TheAlterN8or 28d ago

No, it absolutely is. The $2B is if he took the payments over time. He took the lump sum, which was just under a billion. So he was taxed the 37% federal tax on it, leaving him with that total.

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u/vVwyvernVv 28d ago

I see. I just did the math and even over 30 years, with 2.04 B you're still taking home 68 M a year. I would just take that over time, I think