NationStates Jolt Archive

tell me anythin and everything:
personally if i had that much cash idk what id dowith it.

Buy some stuff, mostly just what I need, and donate the rest. I don't need a lot of cash; I'm not very money-obsessed like many people.

Those are the best two options you could think of? That's a very black and white set of options.

I'd weird the place up. The world needs more weird.

I'd also buy lots of sports cars, then give them away to homeless people after I'd grown bored with a particular car.

I would give 250 million to faith-based charities, 250 million to the church, put 250 million into savings, and use the other 250 million on me, assuming there were no taxes on it.

I'd do something unspeakable

let's not go there

Tax Free?

I would give 200 million to various faith-based, none conditional Christian-based organizations, 75 million to the Libertarian party of America to find a viable candidate that will at least get noticed, 200 million to my parents, and 100 million to each of my three brothers. I would then retire to a nice quiet mansion out in the country with my remaining 225 million.

I would give 250 million to charity, 250 million to the church, put 250 million into savings, and use the other 250 million on me, assuming there were no taxes on it.

Now that's fiscally conservative. :D

Get the best education possible.
Get a godly computer set up and games.
Get a nice sized house (nothing excessive). Furnish it some. Preferably with a medieval/scifi theme.
Ensure I have a bloody awesome library.
Squirrel the rest away into various savings accounts and sit on it.

You know, I think I’d also want a penthouse in Manhattan, just for a change of scenery, every now and then.

i would put 500,000,000 in the bank and spend the rest on stuff :) SCREW THE POOR!!!!!!!

and id have enough money i would never have 2 get a job so screw education 2

get a house on like 5000 acres of land somewhere where theres forests and hills and everything, somewhere with a nice summer and a northern winter. have a house custom made that would be big but not soo big you dont know what to do with it. i would have a sweet gym, an awesome computer setup, all sorts of fun and games, a 50+ car ramp, and the greatest library of guns in the usa. and an underground shooting range of varying distances where i can hone my skills of all different weapons, including dummys for katanas and masamunes. all sorts of cars: classics, muscle cars, tons of lambos(diablos are the best car ever), other supercars, choppers and crotch rockets. then i would have my own race track with a drag strip and everything.

then id donate some to various non-faith based charities, lots to aids prevention stuff, some to inner city youth programs, lots of stuff for disadvantaged kids, whatever.

the first category would take under 1/4 of the billion. the second would take 1/2+- a little. then i would invest the rest in a long term investment package, except for a couple million pocket change.

the investing thing would ensure that my grandchildrens grandchildrens grandchildrens grandchildrens wouldnt have to work

oh ya i am already planning what im gonna do with my fortune i just need to find a way to get it

I'd buy one of the retired minuteman silos and build a home out of it.

Buy my own army and go about fixing things in Iraq. Hire Mercenaries and take over a small pacific island and loot the treasury.

That's for starters.

I'd buy one of the retired minuteman silos and build a home out of it.

Buy my own army and go about fixing things in Iraq. Hire Mercenaries and take over a small pacific island and loot the treasury.

That's for starters.
I’m scared of you now…

get a house on like 5000 acres of land somewhere where theres forests and hills and everything, somewhere with a nice summer and a northern winter. have a house custom made that would be big but not soo big you dont know what to do with it. i would have a sweet gym, an awesome computer setup, all sorts of fun and games, a 50+ car ramp, and the greatest library of guns in the usa. and an underground shooting range of varying distances where i can hone my skills of all different weapons, including dummys for katanas and masamunes. all sorts of cars: classics, muscle cars, tons of lambos(diablos are the best car ever), other supercars, choppers and crotch rockets. then i would have my own race track with a drag strip and everything.

then id donate some to various non-faith based charities, lots to aids prevention stuff, some to inner city youth programs, lots of stuff for disadvantaged kids, whatever.

the first category would take under 1/4 of the billion. the second would take 1/2+- a little. then i would invest the rest in a long term investment package, except for a couple million pocket change.

the investing thing would ensure that my grandchildrens grandchildrens grandchildrens grandchildrens wouldnt have to work

oh ya i am already planning what im gonna do with my fortune i just need to find a way to get it



Added the bold for attention? Two can play at that game ;)

I'd keep enough in the bank to live comfortably off the interest and donate the rest to good charities.

i AM poor. if i were a billionaire, i'd donate to myself.

I doubt I would give it to the poor but I would definetly give away large amounts to friends and family. I would donate to charities though so in an indirect sort of way it would probably end up getting to the poor. But unless the US Army substatially increases their pay rates I will never even sniff the million dollar mark.

I’m scared of you now…

Why, we're both Texans.

:p

I'll bet Minuteman rockets make great bar-b-qs.

But unless the US Army substatially increases their pay rates I will never even sniff the million dollar mark.
Darn looting laws. :p

Why, we're both Texans.

:p

I'll bet Minuteman rockets make great bar-b-qs.
Unless you’re barbequing vegetables, I don’t care.

I'd keep enough in the bank to live comfortably off the interest and donate the rest to good charities.
HA!! dont expect to make anywhere near what u could spend off of bank interest. thats why u have to invest long term, lower % increase than stocks but completely safe.

I would keep about 100 million and give the rest away.

No faith-based charities as you should help people without strings attached.

I would probably take a large chunk and setup something to educate and train Rwandans so that they make take their country out of the crapper.....

I'd give half to various environmental charities. I'd buy some stuff with the other half and invest it in many ways and probably start a business.

I'd quit my job :)

HA!! dont expect to make anywhere near what u could spend off of bank interest. thats why u have to invest long term, lower % increase than stocks but completely safe.

I wouldn't have to live a life of luxury, just comfortably. And I would still keep a job; just not work as often.

I'd buy NationStates... I'd also by a small insland and turn it into Rotovia... Oh hell yeah!

Excuse me, I may need a kleenex...

Oh, it would make my dreams come true. I'd finally have to stop planning and start executing my ideas. I'd stop working for others and begin to work for myself in my own projects.

1. Create a school/acadamy/bootcame to educate orphans.

2. Found a successful company to provide jobs.

3. Create local strings of community centers for political debates, voting, food, bars, entertainment, and reading.

4. Philantropy to my particular choice organizations (PBS, and etc)

5. Build buildings and centers for local politics and community forums.

6. Start doing stuff and projects in general to improve my country.

Holy crap, I can't believe I forgot about my dream to have my own nuke shelter. Owning a former silo would be perfect!

No faith-based charities as you should help people without strings attached.
Not all faith-based charities have strings attached. My church has a policy of not requiring those we help to make obligations. We believe that good works will bring people to the church, and not even necessarily the people we help, just people that hear about what we do. Still, it's your imaginary money.

Not all faith-based charities have strings attached. My church has a policy of not requiring those we help to make obligations. We believe that good works will bring people to the church, and not even necessarily the people we help, just people that hear about what we do. Still, it's your imaginary money.
Undelia's Church receives "Rotovia's Patented Seal of Non-Disapproval"

Not all faith-based charities have strings attached. My church has a policy of not requiring those we help to make obligations. We believe that good works will bring people to the church, and not even necessarily the people we help, just people that hear about what we do. Still, it's your imaginary money.

Ok in your case, your church can have 50 mill! ;)

Every person who I believe was my true friend, would receive money.
None of my family would ever have to worry about money again.

Aside from various charities, those close to me would benefit as much as I.


No classroom in my town would be without supplies, computers, textbooks, or nessecary equipment.

I would set up scholarships for low-income students based on academic performance.

I would also set up a free medical and dental clinic or two, for those without medical and dental insurance.

I would live a very comfortable life, and make sure that a few people who always stuck by me, when I was poor...would share in my wealth, and have nothing become jealous of.

I guess I wpuld become a modern-day philanthropist.

I would give away millions to various charities, as long as I was morally confident in them.

I would have a ton of business ventures, to continueally make me more money, so I never had to worry about spending too much.

I would hire the best Jewish accountant on the planet.

A lot of people would benefit if I suddenly had that kind of money.
(No..im not kidding)

No classroom in my town would be without supplies, computers, textbooks, or nessecary equipment.



One reason I'm not going to be a teacher: I refuse to pay for the supplies my classroom needs out of my own pocket, that's the job of the state!

One reason I'm not going to be a teacher: I refuse to pay for the supplies my classroom needs out of my own pocket, that's the job of the state!


Yes it is...but in many schools...the state has a limited budget, and not every classroom can have a computer, or even enough paper.

If I had a shit-ton of money..a lot of classrooms would have everything they needed.

I'd even donate money to "Save the Tigers."

Ok in your case, your church can have 50 mill! ;)
I think the Preacher would have a heart attack.
Let’s see the city keep us from expanding our parking lot now! :D

First, pay off my parents mortgages. Then, Finance my education and my sister's education. By myself a feul efficiant car (electric-desiel hybrid from Euro, maybe). Buy one of the new house's that are being built now (about $350,000-$450,000), put a million or two into an bank account for emergencies, donate some to alternative feul research, donate to NDP and Communist Party. I would give a large portion of the money to schools in BC, specificly the schools only able to operate four days a week due to lack of funding. The rest would probably go to hospital dontaions and charities that provide student grants.

with only 1 billion dollars you would have to be thrifty you can just go around throwing money everywhere

although throwing silver dollars at ppl would be fun

I'd alter evidence to convince the scientists of the world that Global Warming and Evolution were real.

If I were the richest billionare on the planet, I'd hav a supermansion on the moon.

First, pay off my parents mortgages. Then, Finance my education and my sister's education. By myself a feul efficiant car (electric-desiel hybrid from Euro, maybe). Buy one of the new house's that are being built now (about $350,000-$450,000), put a million or two into an bank account for emergencies, donate some to alternative feul research, donate to NDP and Communist Party. I would give a large portion of the money to schools in BC, specificly the schools only able to operate four days a week due to lack of funding. The rest would probably go to hospital dontaions and charities that provide student grants.
you suck


buying some sissy car and a crappy house. only keeping a couple milliong out of a freaking billion dollars!

If I were a billionaire then I'd take over the world! :D Everyone would serve me and in time, they will call me Master!

First, pay off my parents mortgages. Then, Finance my education and my sister's education. By myself a feul efficiant car (electric-desiel hybrid from Euro, maybe). Buy one of the new house's that are being built now (about $350,000-$450,000), put a million or two into an bank account for emergencies, donate some to alternative feul research, donate to NDP and Communist Party. I would give a large portion of the money to schools in BC, specificly the schools only able to operate four days a week due to lack of funding. The rest would probably go to hospital dontaions and charities that provide student grants.
You buy a $450,000 dollar house and squirrel away two million dollars, and then donate to the Communist Party? Once again, I am forced to ask the question, how does that make sense?

You buy a $450,000 dollar house and squirrel away two million dollars, and then donate to the Communist Party? Once again, I am forced to ask the question, how does that make sense?

Do as I say, not as I do?

You buy a $450,000 dollar house and squirrel away two million dollars, and then donate to the Communist Party? Once again, I am forced to ask the question, how does that make sense?
For a new house in my area that is rather cheap. Travel 30 minutes west and the same house could cost over $750,000-$1,000,000. I'm not exaggerating(sp?) The price of land is ridiculous here. The average price of a house in the area is supposed to be about $600,000.

The two million I would squirrel away is selfish, I admit. The money would probably go unused.

First id pay off any debt then id buy hundreds of houses then cars and the best booze then id buy a new cellphone every month then buy the LEGO company and then id become friends with donald trump and then id build a free public museum for all the art i like and then walk around big cities and when ever i pass a homless person id give him a house and a job and a mail order bride and then id buy a pizza then i would buy every house around me and flip them and sell them for more than what their worth so that only rich good taste quiet people lived around me and then id buy tons of businesses and get more rich and then make rehab centers and make a scholarship like program to give money to cancer / aids for their treatments then id waste the rest of my life in the free condo donald trump gave me in atlantic city gambling and getting drunk oh and start a huge chain of nightclubs... oh and id fund stem cell research :P..MWAHAHAHA.. money is fun to have

I would donate 10million to the Republican party, invest a load of shares in microsoft and google. buy a ranch in california. buy the whole range of Bently cars, and alfa romeo cars. Buy a mansion in southern england, wiltshire or hampshire or something, pay someone to invent 1gb broadband, buy a few medium sized companies, buy a few other nice things, then invest the rest into an offshore savings account and use it as my inheritance.

EDIT: and give all the democrats enough money to shut up and hand over their seats to republicans, same goes to the representatives and governers too.

a nice big rich conservative country.

300 Million on video Games/computer upgrades (slow PC=not good Halo)

500 Million to cancer research

200 million in the bank (interest is an angel)

use it to save the environment. i actually voted SELFISH, cos there was no environment option. i dont really care about people.

I'd commission the a HUGE zeppelin, which would be come my home. I'd make several refueling stations on godforsaken rocks around the globe and delare the zeppelin to be an autonmous country. The I'd float around the globe high above all you peons.

Oh and I'd give millions to various artists for them make public works to be enjoyed by all. FOr charities..I'd just give huge bunches to the Mennonites. They'd know how to maximize it and wouldn't attach any any conditions to the charities they'd run off of my donantations, as well as having a proven track record and tonnes of expereience to begin with.

20 million goes to my parents straight off the bat. I want them to enjoy the rest of their lives however they'd like, and that much should be enough to give them a universal free reign.

10 million, in separate installments, goes to each of my three sisters. They get 500 thousand now, 2.5 million once they go out to higher education (or art college), 2.5 million once they graduate university or college, 2 million once they settle down and the rest into an emergency fund that they are to keep for a rainy day.

30 million is spread out among my friends for their own student days and beyond.

20 million then goes to the Belfast City Council. It may end up going to waste, but it's my hometown, and I'd like to see some money used to help tidy the place up.

One Hundred and Fifty Million goes immediately into a building society at an annual interest rate of 10%. That gives me a backup salary of 1.5 million a year which is enough to support a family no matter how things go.

Some money will go on a house, but probably not a recordable amount. I'll also sink about 50 million into a restaurant business, 150 million into scientific research and 50 million into scholarships for Cambridge University or for Northern Irish students studying in either England or Ireland.

Four Hundred million then goes into charity donations. Research to end sickness and disease will get about 100 million. My local church will get about a million, faith-based charities about a hundred and general human aid and environmental charities about 150 million. I would, however, limit my donations to faith-based charities on the condition that their aid does not press any sort of religious message on its recipients (which not many do, you'll find). Another 50 million goes into funding for the many non-linear political parties around the world, such as the Greens in the US and the Liberal Democrats in the UK.

Not quite sure what I'd do with the rest. I would intend to keep working, whether as a researcher, a writer, a developer or a politician, so maybe that money would come in handy in the world of work for other expenses.

Then I'd go for my second billion and stay on the league tables for a while next time. ^^

Depends how much, well if it were 1 billion or 100 billion I would do the same. Build flats in Britains city centres...try to improve the public transport...buy up old industrial sites and plant lots of trees....material wealth doesn't mean much to..having a planet to live on does.

I would spend it all on arming a army and take over Norway, whahahahahahahhahahah.

First thing I would do is drop out of college, with that much money I can just hire some well respected professors to teach me at my new luxurious penthouse. I would also

Go into Space

Invest heavily in companies like Microsoft and Google and become a board member

Buy a small island in the Caribbeans

Create a small army to protect my investments.

Buy my dream gaming PC

Start a Private Military Firm like Executive Outcomes

Join the Freemasons and become a 33rd degree mason

Donate a couple million to local charities of my choosing

I would buy myself a supercomputer, move out from my parent´s house and get a faster connection, dammit! Most I´d probably buy bonds for (each year the swedish state hands out a million SEK to someone who´s bought a bond). Almost all the rest I´d put into a swiss bankaccount and get interest (ka-ching!), and some into a swedish account so I could use my card. I´d get an ID-card as well, so I don´t have to carry around cash. And get my drivers license.

1. pay off my parents' debts and give them a few mil to get the farm they've always wanted to buy

2. buy a nice apartment in Amsterdam, a place in San Francisco, a place in the UK and a place in Sydney

3. buy some other nice things like a yacht (this one (http://www.sunseeker.cz/downloads/wallpapers/800x600/Y_105.JPG) costs 1.6 million at the local boat show) and things of that nature

4. keep about 5 million in the bank - live off the interest if i can get a suitably high-interest account :P
maybe invest in stocks n shares a bit

5. with the set up a charity providing permament residences for the homeless, meaning they can get jobs all the easier (its not easy to get employment when you don't have any permament place or residence) in the UK

6. probably donate some money to the Labour and/or Lib Dems - anything to keep the tories out

7. donate the rest to african (and/or worldwide) charities working with AIDS victims and working to combat extreme poverty

8. live off interest, read, travel, write stuff, generally keep myself to myself and live relatively normally but without having to worry about money (yay! :))

"if you were a billionaire what would you do with it?"

Buy France and make a parking lot out of it.

Buy Canada and turn it into the world's largest WalMart! :D

I would invest in various things in order to get even more money, maybe start my own company, if I had this kind of money I would try to become richer than Bill Gates. At the very least I would build some mansions for myself and try to own something that I can pass down through the generations. I would also probably donate to technology, colleges and possibly christian religious institutes but I am not sure about the last one.

I would buy a large ammount of land... and form a new nation.
Or build an army, and take over an existing nation.
Then I would pay elite intellectuals from various cultures to govern it... after I set up the basics...which I cannot go into detail about now.
If I had any left over (which I doubt I would...) it would go to the poor... but only the poor in MY new civilization!

I'd buy a South Pacific island and build a Roman empire there, populated by large breasted amazonian women who would battle in the Colliseum naked.
I have simple desires.

I'd have to give several million to charities, contribute a couple million to political groups I like, make sure my friends and family are taken care of, then just invest the rest and live off of the dividends. I guess I'd need to buy a private jet and several houses around the world. Oh, and a nice yacht suitable for cruises and sport fishing.

I'd invest mostly, except I would buy a few extravagant things. Who wants a Ferrari?

I'd buy a South Pacific island and build a Roman empire there, populated by large breasted amazonian women who would battle in the Colliseum naked.
I have simple desires. Interesting idea…

I'd make sure I had enough to live comfortably without having to worry about money, and then I'd donate to lots of things. Environmental, certainly… aid charities, the Church… lots of things. I might get my own well-equipped militia and go to Darfur and slaughter the Janjaweed.

I was sort of holding my breath when I answered this poll since I was more than certain option two would be ahead by a sizeable margin. I was pleasantly surprised.

I'd definately hoard the vast majority of it, and what little I did end up giving away would probably go to people I knew closely or people to whom I owed favors: I'm sure it would come as a surprise to no one that I do not practice "random acts of kindness" nor do I dole out unearned love.

Still, I'm forced to admit that the poll options are sadly lacking, and inaccurate to say the least. People who give their money away are selfish too: they're just showing it in a different way. Selflessness does not exist.

I'd spend it all on blunt's 40's en bitches :D

Buy an apartment. Nothing too elaborate. Put some money in the bank in case of emergencies. Give the rest to fund the revolution

Can I have a British billion?

First I would invest it so that the money would perpetually refresh itself, when you have that kind of money it is easy to turn it into much, much more. Then I would find whatever nation is willing to part company with a small piece of their land and I would create my own nation. A true 21ist century City State built from the ground up by the leading minds in architecture, civil engineering, and the run by modern self-sustaining energy. I would then draft a constitution and lay the ground work for a completely new system of Government that would guaranty freedom and stability for years to come.

Buy an apartment. Nothing too elaborate. Put some money in the bank in case of emergencies. Give the rest to fund the revolution
You can give that revolution all the money you want pal; it's never going to get off the ground. There's still a lot more money [say nothing of morality] on the other side.

Interestingly, you'll probably discard the idea by age 20 anyway.

tell me anythin and everything:
personally if i had that much cash idk what id dowith it.

Two:
1) Slow horses.
2) Fast wimmin.

I chose the option to keep the cash, because in all honesty I would probably spend a million or two on myself to secure my future, then i would spend another few million to pay off my parent's and siblings' and close friends' debts and give them a little nest egg. (one time deal, dont ask for more).

But even if I managed to spend 50 Million, that still leaves 950 Million to give away. I think the rest I would spread out among many charities and disease research foundations and third world schools.

I'd weird the place up. The world needs more weird.

I'd also buy lots of sports cars, then give them away to homeless people after I'd grown bored with a particular car.

That's JUST what a homeless person needs. You gonna pay the registration and insurance and gas and oil and tires?

And where they gonna go?

I'd do Myrth.

HA!! dont expect to make anywhere near what u could spend off of bank interest. thats why u have to invest long term, lower % increase than stocks but completely safe.


Lets see, if you're a Billionaire, and you put only ONE of those billions in the bank at 1% interest, that would yield $10,000,000.00 a year.

I think anyone could keep within that spending budget ;)

...er, well, on a private level anyway.

So now that i think about it...I think i would spend the money to BUY THE PRESIDENCY and then have access not only to TRILLIONS of dollars, but be in a position to spend them more wisely than is being done at present.

hmmm... if i was a billionaire, what would i do... i know what i'd do if i HAD a billionaire but if i was a billionaire....... hmmmm, tough one.... i think i'd spend it on pizza and maybe a hat.... oo, oo a pizza encrusted hat...mmmmmmm.....

"if you were a billionaire what would you do with it?"

Buy France and make a parking lot out of it.

Buy Canada and turn it into the world's largest WalMart! :D

:( *shakes head*

I'd invest half of it in stocks and bonds, and put some in the bank. The rest I'd put in gold, and live off of the returns on my investments.

I would buy a billion dollar car

1. Create businesses all over the world, probably have my own investment bank.
Financing people with brilliant idea's that could/would succeed if only they had the capital to start. So if they do well, I take a cut, if they don't, I eat them up and run them properly that they would work.

2. Probably invest in a private army, ship them to Africa, create & Build viable businesses/farms/communals helping the local population and doing things right and competetively (honestly they have the resources but their overruned by disease, political instability etc.) while protecting my investments. (hence the private army). At the same time in Africa, i'll build alot of schools, and safe AIDS free communals.

3. Go into entertainment, sports, or casino/gaming industry. Buy over my favorite football club Liverpool and make them bigger than Chelski! Muahahaha.

4. Invest in property all over the world. Such as mansions, apartments, buildings, heck I don't mind buying the Trump Towers. :)

Of course.. Diversify is good. Some bonds, stocks etc etc.

Although lots of these can't be accomplished with only a Billion Dollars. But a Billion Dollars is a damn huge headstart than most in the world.

That's JUST what a homeless person needs. You gonna pay the registration and insurance and gas and oil and tires?

And where they gonna go?

If the homeless person was smart he would sell the car

If the homeless person was smart he would sell the carThen why get him the car in the first place? Just give him the money and cut out the car altogether. >_>

From Office Space: Samir said...I would invest half of it in glorious mutual funds and take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities and ...

Then why get him the car in the first place? Just give him the money and cut out the car altogether. >_>
It would be more entertaining... maybe you sould make a game show of it or something ._. ...

I would buy an island and a lot of poor people to staff and serve as target practice. Then I would declare myself god emperor and rule with an iron fist.

I would give most of it to charity!

1. Buy a house in Eaton Square - houses cost £25-30 million [no joke]

2. Put aside £100,000 for my education

3. Split £100,000,000 between various charities

4. Invest about £250,000,000 in MANY properties all over the world and rent them out to make more money

5. Use the rest to buy about five thousand acres and start my own REAL country

Why are the majority of people who voted in this poll evil?

Why are the majority of people who voted in this poll evil?
Please don't get me started. I'm really, really not in the mood today. I think I might lose my mind if I get really into this again only to have you respond to a selected sentence.

Why are the majority of people who voted in this poll evil?That's what happens when you bipartite an issue.

Just as a point of fact, Swimmingpool, to illustrate my point in the quickest possible terms I can devise, I will offer to you the following.

Time, like money, is a commodity. We only have a certain amount of it and it can only be allocated in a certain way. We can't easily do two things at the same time any more than you can spend the same amount of money on the same thing. "Multitasking," such as it is, is possible, but bear in mind at any given moment you are only focusing on one of the tasks at hand: I can't write this post and banter in IRC at the exact same time, although in traditional vernacular I am said to be doing "two things at the same time" if I'm going back and forth between the two like I sometimes do.

Not giving, in and of itself, does not consitute an 'evil' act because if it did, you're 'evil' for not giving your time [or, I hazard to guess, your money] to aid tsunami relief or what-have you. By keeping my money [or my time], I am not depriving someone of something that they have earned or otherwise desrve, provided my money or free time came about in a legitimate fashion.

Money is a burden to the soul, so I am offering to take the burden from you to make your lives easier.
Got to love the Yen Monks.

Not giving is to evil what neglect/manslaughter are to murder.

I'd invest half of it in stocks and bonds, and put some in the bank. The rest I'd put in gold, and live off of the returns on my investments.
You're thinking kind of small for a billionaire. This is what you do with a couple million. With a billion it's time to get extravagant, and say "screw you" to investing.

The poll is too black and white. It assumes that you keep it all or give it all away.

I would use some of it to build myself a home on some land, and to help my brother and sister-in-law and my future sister-in-law and brother-in-law to pay off their mortgages. Then I would see who else in close family could use some help.

I would invest some amount of it for any future kids I might have, and for my nieces and nephews.

I would want to run my own small private school, and would make sure that at least half of the students in it came from what one could consider disadvantaged circumstances. These students would be able to get educated and boarded at the school, and their tuition would be based on a sliding scale of what they could pay, with a good number of these students getting a full scholarship.

I'd donate some to worthwhile international organizations such as Doctors without Borders to help them continue their work.

And, I would travel the world for the sheer joy of it, taking pictures all the way. :)

and id have enough money i would never have 2 get a job so screw education 2

:rolleyes:
You know, education is useful for more than just getting a job....

Hmmm to start off, I would commission the building of a castle, either in BC or New Zealand, and buy a couple apartments in various cosmopolitan cities across the globe. While the castle was being built, I would take my friends for a 1-month vacation and crazy shopping spree, and after that settle down to commence a lifetime of helping animals, particularly endangered species.

My program would include expanding existing wildlife reserves, creating new ones, increasing protection staff to keep out poachers and hunters, and breeding programs. In countries where poaching is prevalent, I would create education programs and job opportunities to offer alternative sources of income.

I also want a harem of hot men :p and unlimited quantities of belgian chocolate

Please don't get me started. I'm really, really not in the mood today.
You don't have to. Do you really lack the self-control to refrain from dishing out your objectivist decrees?

*looks two posts down*

Yes, I see that you do indeed lack it.

A billion dollars is WAY too much for one person to spend. In fact, even a million dollars is a bit much. I'd probably only take about five hundred grand for myself (enough for education, a house, a car and a few small luxuries), and then give the rest away. In fact, I can't think of anything to do with a billion dollars that would be more fun than giving it away. The most difficult part would be finding charities that would use the money wisely.

Investing? Nah. The best form of investment is charity. "I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings." Luke 16:9

A billion dollars is WAY too much for one person to spend. In fact, even a million dollars is a bit much. I'd probably only take about five hundred grand for myself (enough for education, a house, a car and a few small luxuries), and then give the rest away. In fact, I can't think of anything to do with a billion dollars that would be more fun than giving it away. The most difficult part would be finding charities that would use the money wisely.

Investing? Nah. The best form of investment is charity. "I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings." Luke 16:9
So you're just keeping a half million and not investing any of it? You must REALLY love your job.

In fact, I can't think of anything to do with a billion dollars that would be more fun than giving it away.

exchange it into small notes and building a fort with it......

I would use 100,000,000 to purchase packets of Jell-O and then pour those into Lake Michigan.

Why are the majority of people who voted in this poll evil?

Evil?
Why, because we wouldn't give a billion pounds to charity without making good some of the things in our own lives first?
I've already said I would give £100 million to charity, and use the rest for myself - most of it would go to starting my country!

Quick question - one that you may already have answered - what would YOU do with a billion pounds/dollars/whatever?

I'd invest some of it in a pet corporation to multiply it. put a little more into the stock market, use the rest to raise an army, then invade a third world shithole, then develope it into a decent place to live. resign from office, hand the nation ofer to someone i could trust with it, take a little bit out of the treasury, then repeat. i'd continue this until i obtained an empire of free nations ready to crush tyrants everywhere. then i'd invade China.

You can give that revolution all the money you want pal; it's never going to get off the ground. There's still a lot more money [say nothing of morality] on the other side.

Interestingly, you'll probably discard the idea by age 20 anyway.

funny seeing as most people in the group im in are between the ages of 19 and 22 and that there are millions of commies around the world, many of whom are over the age of 20. Nice to see you taking a little stereotype as truth. The people who tend to turn conservative after claiming they're commies are little posers who buy a che tee shirt and a couple of badges but never read shit or try joining an organisation

Evil?
Why, because we wouldn't give a billion pounds to charity without making good some of the things in our own lives first?
I didn't say "keep nothing for yourself". I think that even half a billion pounds/euros/dollars is far beyond what anyone needs. It's not right to keep the majority for yourself when the lives of millions of people could be improved.

So you're just keeping a half million and not investing any of it? You must REALLY love your job.

Actually, I'm not sure if I would even keep that much. I might give all of it away.

It's not right to keep the majority for yourself when the lives of millions of people could be improved.

My goodness! You're really trying to provoke the wrath of Melkor, aren't you?

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hmm a billion one-dollar hookerbots or one billion-dollar hookerbot? don't make me choose! ;)

I'd invest some of it in a pet corporation to multiply it. put a little more into the stock market, use the rest to raise an army, then invade a third world shithole, then develope it into a decent place to live. resign from office, hand the nation ofer to someone i could trust with it, take a little bit out of the treasury, then repeat. i'd continue this until i obtained an empire of free nations ready to crush tyrants everywhere. then i'd invade China.

First, I'd pay off anything that currently needs to be paid (loans, mortgages, etc.).
Then, I'd pay for my education and my sister's - undergrad and grad schools for both of us. (down roughly 800K by now)
I'd give most of the $Billion to environment-based charities worldwide, and to as many schools as possible. (that'd be, like, 800mil)
For me, about half would go into savings. Then I'd buy a few-hundred acre plot of land and build my dream house on it. I'd have some of the best fuel-efficient transport and utilities, along with my own reusable-energy-source power generators (go solar panels!). With the rest, I'd buy all the Apple & Nintendo stuff I could get my hands on. (Sony & Microsoft SUCK!! :sniper: )
I'd also be a teacher. Help the masses with no worry of financial troubles ;)

Well, on Second thoughts I'd buy a missile silo, build a 10 mile fence around it, put a minefield around my home, and build a kennel for my German shepherds. Oh, and a BIG range so I could shoot off artillery and mortars. That would be cool. I'd drive a Hummvee and buy a big collection of Russian armored vehicles.....

Give it to the poor? No. I'd help out some charities, but that's it. I'd donate a few mil to the NRA, GOA, Texas State rifle association, RNC, and Tom Tancredo's Presidential Bid.

And I'd finance a the construction of a fence along the southern border with mexico to keep illegals out.

I'd invest some of it in a pet corporation to multiply it. put a little more into the stock market, use the rest to raise an army, then invade a third world shithole, then develope it into a decent place to live. resign from office, hand the nation ofer to someone i could trust with it, take a little bit out of the treasury, then repeat. i'd continue this until i obtained an empire of free nations ready to crush tyrants everywhere. then i'd invade China.

So you basically intend to take millions of lives.

Actually, I'm not sure if I would even keep that much. I might give all of it away.
Well, buddy, good for you. I guess. Theoretical money is always easier to give away though.

I'd invest some of it in a pet corporation to multiply it. put a little more into the stock market, use the rest to raise an army, then invade a third world shithole, then develope it into a decent place to live. resign from office, hand the nation ofer to someone i could trust with it, take a little bit out of the treasury, then repeat. i'd continue this until i obtained an empire of free nations ready to crush tyrants everywhere. then i'd invade China.
you're nuts.

I would find a way to live, such that, I would die 5.7 billion dollars in debt.

And with "Come & getit bitches!" chiseled on my toumbstone.

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then repeat. i'd continue this until i obtained an empire of free nations ready to crush tyrants everywhere. then i'd invade China.
I presume you will invade China yourself, on your own, an army of one, without any help at all - most certainly not from your Empire of Free Nations.
Think about it. It would make you one hell of a legend...

With the rest, I'd buy all the Apple & Nintendo stuff I could get my hands on. (Sony & Microsoft SUCK!! :sniper: )
I agree with you on Apple, but I do not recommend buying alot of Nintendo stuff. There is an extremely limited amount of quality games for Nintendo systems.

What would I do with it....what I normally do with it...you know what I'm talkin about.

oh i forgot... i'd get back on the drugs and drink programme :P

who wants to come to my billionaire's mega-party on my yacht? ;)
free drugs and booze for all!

Well, I'd give some to a few pet charities of mine.

But for the most part, I'd build the Ultimate Fun House and Game Center. Like fun houses used to be back around the turn of the 20th century before insurance and law suits destroyed them all. ANd beyond. I'd make an indoor maze with modular moveable sections and real booby traps to catch unsuspecting people. Rooms for online and pen-and-paper rpgs, chess, or any other game people would be interested in playing.

Outdoor fields for football, baseball, soccer, rugby or whatever other sport people would be interested in playing. I'd even have the World's Only Year-round Mud Football Field. :)

ANd a dungeon for those that piss me off. :)

I would put about 10 million dollars into various charities, and about 5 million on the local churches.

I would buy an island in carribean and raise an army. I would go in Iraq and help the U.S. Army. I'd invest about $100 million into various defenses for my island. I'd pay offmy parents, close family, and friend's debts, and bequeath to them each $1 million. Before doing any of this i would in vest in the stock market and some mutual funds.

I'd invest some of it in a pet corporation to multiply it. put a little more into the stock market, use the rest to raise an army, then invade a third world shithole, then develope it into a decent place to live. resign from office, hand the nation ofer to someone i could trust with it, take a little bit out of the treasury, then repeat. i'd continue this until i obtained an empire of free nations ready to crush tyrants everywhere. then i'd invade China.

Need a bodyguard? Where do I sign up? I'd love to take shots at China.

You don't have to. Do you really lack the self-control to refrain from dishing out your objectivist decrees?

This is outrageous! Do you really lack the self-control to refrain from passing moral pronouncements upon complete strangers? Do you really lack the self-control to notice the inconsistency in damning 64% of the polls participants as 'evil' and not expecting a challenge?! Particularly when you were already clearly aware that I had weighed in on the issue?

You sparked this particular fire, my friend. Not me.

funny seeing as most people in the group im in are between the ages of 19 and 22 and that there are millions of commies around the world, many of whom are over the age of 20. Nice to see you taking a little stereotype as truth.
If I were 'taking it as truth,' I would have said you will certainly discard the idea by age 20. Please take the time to read and understand my words next time. There is no denying the fact that many people tend to grow more conservative as they age. It happened to the 'Summer of Love' generation of 40 years ago, and in all probability it will happen to most of us too.

The people who tend to turn conservative after claiming they're commies are little posers who buy a che tee shirt and a couple of badges but never read shit or try joining an organisation
Nice to see you couldn't resist making a generalization of your own, partcularly one that is completely unverifiable. My example can be proven by pointing out that these aforementioned hippies were a key demographic [at least age wise] for Presiden't Bush's previous elections. Your example cannot be proven because, and simply because, there is no way [short of monitoring these people 24/7] of knowing how immersed these 'little posers' become in an ideology. Simply put, you have no way of perceiving their real convictions on the matter, so your 'little posers' example is a rather exasperating leap of logic.

I didn't say "keep nothing for yourself". I think that even half a billion pounds/euros/dollars is far beyond what anyone needs.
Don't define other people's needs. People who do this have generally ended up at the end of a very short rope.

It's not right to keep the majority for yourself when the lives of millions of people could be improved.
Nice to see you had the decency to completely overlook my time/money/not giving is evil outline, especially seeing as it pertains here a little too conveniently.

Also, I fail to see just what kind of twisted logic allows for the notion that just because something can be done, means it should be done. By this rationale, it is wrong for me to keep the majority of my paycheck, no matter what I earn. If you want to then say that I should only be forced to contribute if I have a certain amount of resources, you're admitting that morality is subordinate to number or amount.

If you choose to accept that logic most amount of people or to represent the majority of society since we know we can't please everyone], you lose all credibility when you challenge the results of a poll like this, or a preseidential election in an ostensibly democratic country. You can't claim to be a 'champion of society' and then turn around and condemn its decisions.

well sure i'd give some to charity but most of it, i would give to all of my closest friends.

Id start an empire, and get my name rembered. First I'd have the pleasure of buying whatevathehell i want. Then, I would go on a vacation of the Eastern Meditaranean to countires like Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, and I'd stop in Macedonia. Thats my dream vacation btw. Then I'd go down to Swaziland. For those of us who have yet to due an Africa unit in well, whatever year you learn about african countries, thats the small country buy South Africa. The country has like, 40% of the adult population with aids. So id pay tons of money in aid relief until the country had a very small aids percentage. Then of course, I'd be recognized by the media for saving the country, and maybe even have memorial plaques in museums! Im trying to be modest, but hell I could invest that money in a country that could go somewhere economicaly, but im saving a country arent I? Then after my aid help in africa, Id go up to Mongolia, which I think would be an awesome country to visit. I would pay massive amounts of money to start a world history class for honors students in mongolia (since its in asia, its bound to have smart people right :confused: ) then at the end of the year i would tour the classes to the countries i listed earlier in my dream vacation, since they happen to all be well, acient cultures. Then I would buy myself a giant house on crete, or another greek island (have joint citizenships of greece, and of course America) and live the rest of my life in pure bliss buying whateva the heck i want. When i die, my family would get a large portion so they can continue my legacy, and the rest would be given to a the Roman Catholic Church. There. My billion dollar legace. Would be pretty sweet, but the best i can hope for is a 100,000k a year salary by the time i reach 40 lol.. :( kinda anticlimatic.

What if everyone in the world had a billion dollars all of a sudden? Then inflation would skyrocket and the billion wouldn't be worth anything huh? I really know squat about economics, but thats what it would seem would happen.

If I had a billion pounds, then I'd put a bounty on George Galloway.

Stem cell and cancer research will get a modest donation as would several dog rescue places, (I'm a bit of a dog-lover) HOWEVER that is as far as my charity would go!!!

The rest will get me an obscenely large mansion with a poolroom, TV studio and several helicopter landing pads. I will fund my inevitable conquest of space and create my own clone army for the ongoing fight against communism :D

Family, friends and those who have been loyal to me shall reap the rewards, whilst any who oppose me will 'disappear' in a brutally mysterious fashion.

I would give the US and UK military the means to exterminate the Islamic Extremists, whilst turning France into a penal colony with a trench full of piranha fish surrounding it.

Failing all that I'll probably by myself a new computer or something. :)

Ok, I'm the first person to admit that more money would be a great thing to have. But then, there are loads of people who really need more money, whereas I'd just quite like to have more money. So I'd probably invest some for myself, but mostly, I'd try to find some way of using the oodles of excess in billions of pounds to make some sort of positive difference to other people's lives.

i'd keep most of it, put it in the bank, spend a certain amount on stuff i want (house, cars, anything i want), give some to charity and THAN, i would live off the MASSIVE amounts of interest the rest would generate in the bank and that way my family could benefit for years and years

Spend the Hell out of it. What else is there to do?

If I had a billion pounds, then I'd put a bounty on George Galloway.

Stem cell and cancer research will get a modest donation as would several dog rescue places, (I'm a bit of a dog-lover) HOWEVER that is as far as my charity would go!!!

The rest will get me an obscenely large mansion with a poolroom, TV studio and several helicopter landing pads. I will fund my inevitable conquest of space and create my own clone army for the ongoing fight against communism :D

Family, friends and those who have been loyal to me shall reap the rewards, whilst any who oppose me will 'disappear' in a brutally mysterious fashion.

I would give the US and UK military the means to exterminate the Islamic Extremists, whilst turning France into a penal colony with a trench full of piranha fish surrounding it.

Failing all that I'll probably by myself a new computer or something. :)

Anything that involves making the french get down on their well-used knees and beg for mercy is OKAY with me. Let's do it.

I would first burn down several thousand hectars of land, then salt the ground so that nothing would ever grow again, and build myself a tower made of pure iron in the exact middle of the land.

Then I would invest in a laser cannon, so that I might zap all who displeases me.


And I would build myself a giant robot-ninja army if there is anything left of the money.

Money can make more money.

I make it into 10 billion dollars.

Anything that involves making the french get down on their well-used knees and beg for mercy is OKAY with me. Let's do it.

Right, I'll go and get the piranhas! :D

I always intended to help other people if I ever had significant cash.

At this point, I would certainly be focusing on getting supplies to the victims of Katrina. Fresh clean food, water, medical attention and shelter wouldnt really put a dent in a billion dollars. I could find a way to give many, many people the comfort and security they need til thye are able to get back on their feet again.

I'd probably be riding down the streets of Red Deer on a Giraffe and wearing a Viking helmet. (props to Brent Butt here)

I'd burn it in front of thousands of people. Just to see the look on their faces, to show them how money has such a stranglehold on the world. Plus, who can honestly say they've destroyed a billion dollars? :p

Yes it is...but in many schools...the state has a limited budget, and not every classroom can have a computer, or even enough paper.

If I had a shit-ton of money..a lot of classrooms would have everything they needed.

I'd even donate money to "Save the Tigers."
In regard to having computers, my public high school has 2,000 laptop computers that each of the students get to use during the school year through taxpayer money.