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Old 04-20-2020, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Kenswing View Post
Not a scam at all. If someone invested $10 million in tax free municipal bonds at 5.25% they would be getting $10,000 a month tax free. Making them still eligible for a check Not many people in that position but I'm sure they're out there.
Ummm, you may want to change the batteries in your calculator.

Assuming that the principal is somehow magically refilled and the $10M remains constant, a 5.25% annual interest on that $10M = $525,000 per year... or about $10.1K "per week."

Not "per month."