What exactly was he even gonna do with all that money in the briefcase? He barely even reacted to finding it and didn't even buy a single thing when he went back to his trailer.
>>214773039it wasn't about the money it was about sending a message
Anything you want. You dont go on a spending spree because it brings attention especially if you are a welder. Depending on where you live that can be low or high living. If you won the.lottery it should be kept secret to prevent people from demanding some money.
assuming he got away with it?it was $2m in 1980, so like $8m today, and all in $100 bills as far as i can tell. Frankly I don't know how you could get away with spending it without drawing attention somehow.
>>214773108>Can't deposit it into a bank account since that will alert authorities >Can't buy expensive things without arising suspicion >Best thing you can do is just dissapear into Mexico or some Central American country where nobody asks questions however you still have the chance of being robbed or held hostage for your cash.Honestly the entire things seems like a fucking headache
>>214773039I would buy nothing but antique pez dispensers
>>214773039he lived in a trailer and was never going to have to worry about money ever again. even in 1980, when the film happens, he couldn't just throw the money in the bank or spend it without alerting the IRS and the part of the film that takes place between him getting the money and then fucking off was only like a day or 2
>>214773039He was going to pack his shit up and skip town with his wife. Probably buy a bit a land elsewhere. He really fucked up by going back with agua or else there’s zero chance they would have found him even with the tracker
>>214773039>What exactly was he even gonna do with all that money in the briefcase?Fly abroad to Thailand to fuck prostitutes and do drugs
>>214773382this. but that's one of the themes>you lived by your moral code and where did it bring you?>>214773173>>214773262never having to worry about money again would be based as fuck. plus he could have found some way to launder it
>>214773039fucking dumbest thing you can do when you find illicit money is to splash it aroundyou gotta sit on it for a long time and use it to sporadically buy some nice stuff that you could reasonably afford
Use it for small common expenses like groceries and gas. Start your own business and report profits for "services rendered" and pay taxes on it. >>214773399>Fly abroad to Thailand to fuck prostitutes and do drugs
>>214773444your car is gay
>>214773039two chicks at the same time man
>>214773461>get trips>delete post anyway to fix typo>get called out by anon with a quick trigger fingerfml
>>214773262You keep it hidden and you purchase thing slowly that make your life better. A water heater and bazooka heater for the trailer then the best air conditioner. You can live comfortably without excess luxury. It is just escaping the need of money and the droll existence of a 9-5 job.
>>214773262That's enough money to just live your entire life without having to wajeslave. You won't be able to buy something very expensive, but that's enough for a comfortable life.
>start home business doing anything>cook books(if you're a welder guy fixing truck frames or whatever, just write that you got $10k of welding business this month, even if it was $1000 in reality)>now you can take that much out of your stashnow you can buy whatever you want, basically fool-proof. from there it's smooth sailing. Simple as.
>>214773039it was never a problem he was going to solve. Kind of tragic. Josh Brolin played him well
>>214773412>found some way to launder itLiterally, buy a laundromat. There's always coin machines to fill up.
>>214775617>Hello, I'd like to deposit the proceeds of my perfectly legitimate coin-operated laundry>here is $10,000 in high-denomination notes.
>>214773483>>delete post anyway to fix typogayyyyyy>>214775617he'd need to justify buying the laundromat in the first place. depending on how muh he wanted to save/cared he could have >found someone with a cash business(easy since 1980)>hey I'll pay you $1,300 a months and then you write me a paycheck for $1,000 a month>never work
Throw 1 mil into bitcoin, or Amazon stock once it reaches the 90s. Wait a decade or two. Sell. Profit.
>>214775830even if it was the modern day and bitcoin existed, you'd have no way of exchanging the usd for btc
>>214775754Would they take the tracking transmitter as payment instead? It looked pretty hi-tech for its time.
Would he have been able to steadily buy gold with cash in different places and sit on it for a while and sell it and then start rotating it into his bank?
>>214775906Go to Wall Street and buy Amazon stock in the 90s or Microsoft stock in 80s
>>214776016>sit on this and start rotating
What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?
>>214776027you'd have to show the government how you got that money
>>214776499Become a congressman or senator, then you won't have to.
>>214773039give it to Israel of course.
find a crooked business owner and have them give you a job and help you launder it in exchange for a cut
>>214773368>buy antique pez dispensers>pez cartel gets word of you>collection is stolen and resold on the black marketrookie mistake anon
>>214773039The smart thing and save it.
>steals money>sits in a hotel room with it>never bothers go go through and count it (which would have let him find the transponder)>giga killer just so happens to drive by his hotel within range of his primitive 1970s transponderCome on
>>214773262>>Can't buy expensive things without arising suspicionIt was 1980 before every dollar in the world was accounted for. You could easily spend illegal money back then. Even a weak front like a shitty retail business would let you life comfortably while claiming fake income. They didn't even require small businesses to keep financial records back then, let alone have CCTV and other things that could prove or disprove legitimate income.
>>214776057>"Oh I'd say about tree fiddy"
>>214776001In the 70s? They had radar and all sorts of shit in ww2
not everyone is pure, i'm sure he would've done something shady with it
>>214776057Bout a gil of blood from playing bloody knuckles
>>214773173>it was $2m in 1980, so like $8m today, and all in $100 bills as far as i can tell.When he realizes he is being tracked as he is looking through the money you can see some bundles have $1 bills instead of $100s.
>>214775830>>214776027you would get investigated by the IRS
>>214776001>>2147793881980, but yeah they had those beacons in the 1950s
>>214776016>where did you get all this gold.also owning gold was only legalized in the mid 70s and the film is in 1980
>>214779158didn't they already have his name by that point?
>>214773262Move, buy a run down business with clean money, then start paying yourself for fake invoices with the cash. Pay taxes on it and no one will ever bug you. That would work in 2025 much less 1980.
