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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
I always wondered how much drug dealers make, considering many of my customers sell drugs. They really don't make as much as everyone thinks. I know 2 guys who might be somewhat close to 100k. The rest of them have very little to show for it. My legal hustles pay better than that, without the risk of imprisonment or death
gpt
They did a ted talk about this a few years back. If I remember correctly most street level guys were making under minimum wage. The second rung up was making some decent cash but they were blowing it fast with under the table deals because they couldn't show a source of income for anything that needed credit involved to buy; and atop that had to show some obvious signs of wealth just too make the guys under them seem as though the business is lucrative in the long run. The young kids see the fancy car but don't usually realize that it's a poorly structured lease with absolutely ludicrous insurance taken out on it.