What would you do with a trillion dollars?

Pretty much what I do now, except my toys would be nicer. I'd buy a new bike and give away my old one, probably buy an island somewhere and develop it for my own personal use, and I'd secure financial independence for everyone I like.

Also I would make a difference somehow, most likely I would try to do something about the commercial fishing industry, especially whaling and sharkfinning.

 

PB_Smith, ok, I'd put 100 million in those banks accounts, go around the world every year for life and build a few more Eco homes for family and friends.

Screw trying to bargain with the US gov' to get out of the Middle-East, especially when countries in the Middle-East want them to be there...it's a pipe dream (literally).

Screw funding companies to move along their schemes a few years faster too...I'm not going to get much from that, neither will the planet till I'm dead.

Instead of laughing at Bill why not help him in his aide work?

Nice thoughts, though.

 

Id buy a house and then Id buy a wife/slave

 

Ok so you bank $100 million, that still leaves $999,900,000,000 to play with.

As far helping the government debt, it's pushing over $14 trillion, so my half trillion wouldn't really do much.
So scratch that plan.
I never said anything about funding someone else's company, I said I would create my OWN and set about tackling the technologies I mentioned, solar and hydrogen fuel cells. Both techs work and work well. That has been a proven fact for decades, problem is that they are not cost effective to implement on a global scale. The reason why is because of the stranglehold big oil has on developing new techs that are not fossil fuel reliant.
If the research dollars that have gone into improving the internal combustion engine had been going into fuel cell research, we would be most likely driving them now. Nice thing is the only emissions hydrogen fuel cell powered cars produce is H2O. So my idea is actually feasable within the parameters of this hypothetical situation and would ultimately benefit everyone on the planet.

Even if you traveled around the world every month and built eco homes for even the people you hate, you would still have a hard time spending a trillion dollars in your lifetime.
Hell you would have a hard time spending just the simple interest that a trillion dollars could earn if it was just sitting in the bank.
A trillion dollars is whole shitload of money.

I would still laugh at Bill Gates just because. He would have to hit at least $100 billion in net worth to get my attention, if I was a trillionaire that is.

 

I did say accounts. Ok, I might add a few more noughts there. Maybe, like, 5 more noughts to each account.

Ok, no you did not say you would give money to companies, I'll take that back.
But you say they work and work well, and yes they do.
Other companies are well on their way to bring both to the market over the next decade.
I don't know how much you were planning on spending on this, but surely to make any impact greater than what is already occuring would just eat your money...because you would effectively have to be a world leader
It probably would not push things that much further.
A trillion in the bank is great till you start having to pay the bills.
But yeah, go for it if you like.

On Virgin Galatic, obv'
Ok, I'll build an operating town for the people I like...and prisons for those I don't.

Ok, maths was never my strong subject.

 

I'd buy a new CEO for BP (if there was enough money)

I'd buy security and fine cuisine for the G20 summit (again, if a trillion was enough)

I'd use it to pay the salaries of all the city officials of Bell, California and give them another hefty raise on top of that.

Better yet, take a tiny portion of the trillion and invest it in an advertising campaign. Do a psychology job on the American public to start and justify yet another war overseas and rake in another trillion in tax dollars. Rinse, spit, repeat. Now there's some real investing.

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BTW, the worth of the world's millionaires is about $39 trillion.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65L36T20100622

Let's make a plea to all the millionairs to donate 30% of their wealth to pay off the U.S. national debt.

Or, let them all donate 0.0000026% of their wealth to me, which would make me a millionaire!

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You don't need that much.

 

Id portion off a huge amount to loan to people in developing countries, no interest of course. Probably try and build alot of schools, provide water for those countries as well.

I'd also make some sort of scholarship for disadvantaged yet gifted people in my own country. I'd also like to set up infrastructure in my own country for mental health nation wide and improve all medicare in the country regions, particularly those with the worst health care.

I don't think i'd give much away except to those I know personally, because I'd rather make it so those who can't earn can change their circumstance so the world changes permanently for the better.

 

you failed to realize how big my yard would be :eggnog:


welcome to my home..I call it Canadaland..I bought out all the former inhabitants

 

I've never been overly ambitious. Mainly all i've wanted is a place worthy of raisin kids and some funny livestock, a guest house, a BBQ deck, a breakfast nook and enough space to have a small, steady, healthy place to live. Outside of that I'm pushing above my place. Let the stupid royalty of wherever give shit about the rest.

 

The Lady Clearly Has No Concept As To What A Trillion Dollars Could

Do, To Help Millions Of People, Worse Off Than Her....

Please Do A "Re-Think" And Post Again....



Cheers Glen.

 

whatev. If you've got a trillion you've got too much. What a stupid amount of power. Your neighbor and yourclose people will always be worth more than that.

 

I'd never work again and have an endless supply of some good green.

 

raisin kids would probably just sit in the sun all day :eggnog:

 

A Trillion Could Easily Rebuild A Number Of Small World Countries, Educate

Them, Rebuild Small Cities, And Give Them A Vision For The Future That

They Otherwise Would Never See In Their Lifetime.....

Much More Important Than A Breakfast Nook Methinks.....



Cheers Glen.

 

Hah. Shup. I'm not ambitious and am not
the sort. If I found five grand, or even less, on the side of the road, I'd turn it in. Even if to avoid only the ugly. I'm that person, and I won't say sorry.

 

Probably self destruct.

 

And it would be MY job to say how it should go? No. Money shouldn't have that say. I'm too fallible to say what a whole world
should learn, and I say it as a Christian.

 

Agreed....One Can Only Consume So Much Of The Good Life, Before

One "Assplodes"....

But At Least I'd Go Out In Style....



Cheers Glen.