Honestly, if you were given 1 billion dollars, what would you do with it? (suspect, government)

[weltschmerz]

Originally Posted by Kreutz


I'd spend every cent researching and
implementing a way to coat EBT cards with a lethal poison absorbed through the
skin thereby saving the country from its decline into third world
marxism.

You're welcome America.

Wow!!
If you had a billion dollars, you'd spend it trying to poison people?
Lemme guess....conservative?

[chrissy_rox2]

I would pay off all my debt and my family's debt. I would open up a 529 accnt for all the kids in my family (small family) and I would buy property for myself and any family member who did not own property. I would roll a good chunk into a retirement package for myself and give the rest away to struggling friends who have kids.

[fibonacci]

Pay bills travel the world and probably give away 500 million to charity.

[fibonacci]

Actually it would be cool to give 100 random people a million dollars.

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by KRAMERCAT

The ex-CEO of United Healthcare received 1.8 billion in severance pay, so it's not out of the realm of possibility, at least for him, but if suddenly you were in possession on that amount of fiat currency, what would you do? (to coin a phrase by John Quinones).

Buy banking stocks, bonds, and T-bills

[daylux]

That much money would ruin me. I would have to keep 10 million to live off and give the rest away somewhere, piecemeal.

Probably go door to door, middle class neighborhoods and offer to pay off their debt, buy them a new car, or give them business start-up money.

I would also give food cards to people, I don't know.

[lionking]

Originally Posted by TrapperJohn

"When McGuire joined United, it was an unprofitable regional health maintenance organization with annual revenues around $400 million. When he left, United was one of the largest, most profitable, and most diversified healthcare companies in the world, with more than $70 billion in annual revenues, more than 50,000 employees, and more than sixty million health plan members."

I bet the shareholders didn't care about his $50 million dollar severance.

Sounds like he turned thing around. The question is now how did he do it? If the answer is he did it by offering a superior product and service hence gained customers beating the competition while the employees benefited from the increased business as well, well then I'd say the CEO deserves a just reward and the shareholders invested wisely.

However if the answer to how he did it is cut costs by laying off employees and burdening the existing ones or hired foreign call workers or looked for ways to deny claims and cut pay outs or ways to not approve procedures then may I ask the shareholders are they sleeping well tonight knowing they profited off the misery of others?

[petch751]

I'd invest to make more money. From that money I would get an income. I would also do the same for take care of my family.

[LexusNexus]

My wife is far more sensible about money than I am. I'd let her decide.

I know that those who we love and those who love us, would greatly benefit.

[arleigh]

I'd become the president and re write the constitution the way I see fit and bounce any one that got in my way ,Isn't that what the current guy is doing ?