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If you Had a Trillion Dollars You would...

Help starving people in Africa	17%	17% - 29
Solve Immigration Problems in Your Country	4%	4% - 8
Fix Domestic Issues in Your Country	6%	6% - 10
Invade a Country for Oil	4%	4% - 7
Help Palestinians if they'd negotiate with Israel	0%	0% - 0
Chase Terrorists in the Middle East	3%	3% - 5
Spend it on yourself and your family	34%	34% - 56
Donate it to Unicef	1%	1% - 2
Donate it to WWF	1%	1% - 3
Other	26%	26% - 44
Total: 164

2007-03-18 19:01:10

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|7124|Canberra, AUS

A billion for myself, the rest goes to geosequestration research (say, 500b), other environmental measures (450b) and the remainder goes to CERN.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2007-03-18 21:30:17

ph4s3: engineer; +34|7278|Texas

A trillion dollars? Geez. That's some serious change the world money. The problem is though, that no matter what you do, you're going to want to invest it to prolong it's good use. That kind of influx of capital is going to set the markets on fire OR force you to take on riskier investments just to spread it around a bit more. Anyway, assuming that $1T didn't upset the entire global capital market, I would...

First 200B: K-9 education
4B endowment for every state's educational system, contingent on state funding maintaining current level AND trend (i.e. 3% bump per year or whatever). Half of the earnings to distribute and half to reinvest and pay expenses. Funds are to be used for at least one new school campus annually until all are in good condition. Remaining funds can be allocated per local wishes to reading programs, music programs, after school programs, teacher bonuses or salary augmentation, etc.

Higher Ed - tuition
200B endowment for all kids in the state of Oklahoma -- Any child that is a resident of Oklahoma gets their tuition, books, and room & board paid for to any accredited university anywhere in the world.

100B endowment, nationwide, same rules... need based tuition scholarships

Higher ed - research, facilities, etc
5B endowment for the University of Tulsa - College of Engineering
5B endowment for the University of Tulsa
5B endowment for Oklahoma State University
5B endowment for University of Oklahoma
5B endowment for all other Oklahoma universities, public or private
75B endowment, half earned reinvested, half distributed. Distributions are to be grants to universities in the US for research projects, equipment, buildings, professor endowments, etc.

50B - Domestic aid... grants are to be distributed for economic and community development, including build out of infrastructure to compete with larger metro areas for tech jobs

50B - International aid, etc... grants are to be distributed for economic and community development, including build out of infrastructure to compete with larger metro areas for tech jobs

100B - Medical aid - grants to be distributed to medical research

100B - Reserved - put it somewhere to earn interest until I think of something to do with it. 1B for me (25M/yr annual interest!), 1B for my family divided equally among them, and 98B to sit and be used on miscellaneous philanthropic things that come up every now and then. I'd probably go build a house and buy a few hundred thousand acres of ranch land and enjoy my leisure time.

100B - don't forget 10% tithing!... I think I'd give it to the church in the form of paying off all the mortgages for the churches in town, endow each one with $10M for operations another 10M for missions/outreach... then anything left over, just donate it and let them do what they will with it.

2007-03-18 23:07:03

Pug: UR father's brother's nephew's former roommate; +652|6991|Texas - Bigger than France

sergeriver wrote:
Pug wrote:
1) Hire a midget sidekick
2) Hire a marachi band - I need a soundtrack for my life
3) Buy the trademark and registered symbols and live off the royalties

Since this is really a question referring to what the US should do with it's money, I null voted as the poll is too simplistic.
What are you talking about? The question refers to what you would do with your money.

You get a trillion dollars, that's a lot of money, perhaps enough to fund a country. Plus some choices like chasing terrorists & the border issue? Sorry but I had the feeling this was a targeted poll, aka "so you chose something else so why do you let your money got to "x" cause instead"...my bad for waiting for the other shoe to drop...

But truthfully if I had that kind of money I would probably start a few charities with goals like economic aid to specific countries, healthcare research, green technology, and green growth to third world countries. I also believe there is absolutely no reason why we need to have starvation anywhere...

Screw giving money to other charities - control a charity and it does what you want.

2007-03-18 23:16:00

Darkavian000: Member; +5|6979|Illinois

I don't see how anyone could not want to help the starving people in poorer countries. Just because a country is less advanced or their government is run by currupt people doesn't mean that the people that are forced to live there have to starve for it.

Oh yeah, and buy a million dollar computer! Made of gold!

2007-03-19 00:44:08

madmax: Member; +12|6710|perth, w.a.

1 buy Ford australia (an bring back the xa gt)
2 go to ireland an see if i can out drink an irishman
3 Put the rest in the bank an live of the interest
4 all most forgot buy EA an fire ever body there

2007-03-19 00:51:40

=JoD=Corithus: Member; +30|7007

Buy Canada and use it as my personal baby seal clubbing resort.....

2007-03-19 00:57:09

TodErnst: It's not a bug, it's a feature; +38|7077|Muenster, Germany

I'd buy a little country in Africa or South-America, where i could help the starving people, save the rain-forest and have a good live.

2007-03-19 01:05:37

Macca: Cylons' my kinda frak; +72|6894|Australia.

Pay off Australia's debt to other countries.

Umm...

Probably buy back all Australian companies that are owned by Americans. Have a circus of midgits providing my every entertainment need. And probably donate a considerable amount to cancer/AIDS research.

2007-03-19 01:06:35

TerrorisT²: Melbourne Shuffler; +214|7075|Gold Coast, Australia

1/3 goes to Africa, the rest on my family and I. We need something new for once.

2007-03-19 01:07:15

notorious: Nay vee, bay bee.; +1,396|7196|The United Center

I would buy the NHL.

2007-03-19 01:18:56

mKmalfunction: Infamous meleeKings cult. Est. 2003 B.C.; +82|6989|The Lost Highway

Two women. At the same time.

2007-03-19 17:24:59

lowing: Banned; +1,662|7100|USA

airplanes, airplanes and even more airplanes, a coupla helicopters as well.

2007-03-19 17:28:53

thtthht: maximum bullshit; +50|6780|teh alien spaceshit

Get a f-35
get a mk-48
get a apache longbow
wipe out terrorism
help the poor people.

2007-03-19 17:32:57

destruktion_6143: Was ist Loos?; +154|7076|Canada

i wouldnt invade a country. i would buy one. i always wanted an island. i think hawwaii would b nice.

Last edited by destruktion_6143 (2007-03-19 17:33:25)

2007-03-22 04:21:13

w0ls0n: Member; +16|6996|Maine

deeznutz1245 wrote:
other........I'd do two chicks at the same time.

Just 2? Why not 10 and have more fun?

2007-03-22 04:31:01

deeznutz1245: Connecticut: our chimps are stealin yo' faces.; +483|6942|Connecticut

w0ls0n wrote:
deeznutz1245 wrote:
other........I'd do two chicks at the same time.
Just 2? Why not 10 and have more fun?

Because I can barely handle one as it is.

Malloy must go

2007-03-22 04:33:49

[THE] comben: Wee and Biscuits; +43|6982|Cardiff

lol i prolly give practically all of it away tbh...

but i remember a freind of mine saying years ago (lol smiff) that if he was the richest man in the world he would

: start his own TV channel
: spend a fortune on promoting it (huge promo parties, all the stars etc, quality shows to entice the feeble minded public couch zombies.
: then on the premier night with everyone waiting for the extravagance to begin he'd get millions of pounds worth in notes and pile them up into a veritable mountain and stick a throne on top.
: then he was gonna have a wank over all his money (presumably he would be laughing maniacly the entire time) with all the gullible cretins watching, slack jaw horror engulfs the nation mass vomiting and shock prevails
: and after that he would just repeat it over and over again...

being the richest man in the world he could prolly buy his way out of trouble easily and afford to keep the channel running for eternity. bit mad tbh. but can u imagine if that happend. i'd lol (whilst feeling slightly ill tho).

2007-03-22 18:22:11

BVC: Member; +325|7144

I would fix domestic issues in my own country, and then work my way outwards...start with poor pacific states first etc...

Invest the lot, and start a programme whereby some of the interest is spend on "improvement programmes", yet enough is re-invested each year to keep pace with inflation, population growth and any other factors which may lessen its importance over time.

2007-03-22 18:38:17

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|7017|Mountains of NC

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I would buy Hawaii then kick everyone off except a skeleton crew to propery run the island

https://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s135/yeswriteme/4.jpg

after that purchase I would then buy Wyoming for a mountain home resort, kick everyone out except a skeleton crew to run the state and then build a huge wall to keep everyone out

https://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t271/DragonKing250/Yellowstone.jpg

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/17445/carhartt.jpg

2007-03-22 18:39:30

=NHB=Shadow: hi; +322|6815|California

Nuke the world and force us all to extinction.

2007-03-22 18:40:18

Braddock: Agitator; +916|6739|Éire

Firstly I'd take care of my family and friends so as they would never again have to worry about money (charity begins at home). I'd give some cash to the Palestinians, I'd pump a lot into my own country, maybe sort out our atrocious health service and terrible infrastructure and I'd spend a large, large chunk on feeding and helping the starving in the third world. I'd also probably fund a load of obscure arthouse movies for my favourite movie directors (I couldn't sit back and twiddle my thumbs for the rest of my days).

A friend of mine's father was the heir to the throne of a very successful and famous shoe company (who I can't name for the sake of my friend's privacy). He inherited a vast amount of money. He got himself a nice house, some houses for his closest friends and put a large amount aside for his kids education ...the rest he gave to Greenpeace! Several million I'm told.

2007-03-22 18:40:41

usmarine2007: Banned; +374|6816|Columbus, Ohio

I would ban American Idol.

2007-03-22 18:41:50

Spearhead: Gulf coast redneck hippy; +731|7139|Tampa Bay Florida

usmarine2007 wrote:
I would ban American Idol.

lol, I second that

2007-03-22 18:45:07

Braddock: Agitator; +916|6739|Éire

usmarine2007 wrote:
I would ban American Idol.

I'd throw in a chunk of my change to help you usmarine2007.

2007-03-22 21:18:39

#100

ts-pulsar: Member; +54|6952

Fund my own personal space program so I can leave the rest of you psychotic apes behind (mind you, I'm also a psychotic ape)

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