You've just won $500mil! What are you gonna' do with it?!
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I really liked what everybody wrote here, more than once I thought: Hey I would like that, too!
And then it hits me like a train!
The very first thing I would have to do is see a lawyer, who gets my parents and relatives of my back!~
Second thing I would do is pay of my in laws houses and our own as well as other bills.
The rest then pretty much the same as everyone, travel the world, buy or built a house, make sure I have enough to ensure I will never be poor again!0 -
hire the best scientists in the world to cure cancer0
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Move to Florida
Buy a house on the beach
Buy a brand new car
Hire a full time chauffer (I don't drive)
Buy a house in the city for my parents
Pay off my parents and grandparents
Start a non protfit business for people who need to to places but have no car and very little money0 -
First thing, pay off all my bills and those of my family and close friends, and do some nice things for friends and family, like a nice long vacation in Hawaii. Do some traveling; always wanted to see Europe. Donate a substantial sum to the local Children's hospital and the Wounded Warriors project.
Second thing, shield as much as I could from being taxed by putting the vast majority of it into a non-profit foundation for helping others who truly need it - not freeloaders who won't work, but those who need a hand up. Microloans are hugely popular in third world countries for helping a family better its quality of life, and I would want to invest heavily in that type of concept.
I would rather give the money away than let the government take it and waste it.0 -
Buy a house....number one on the list.
Pay off my son's student loans and buy HIM a house, too.
Pay for the rest of my DD's college and buy HER a house.
Put money away for my grandchildren's education.
Travel
Give to numerous charities....especially the Alzheimers Association and the ASPCA.
And just help out as many people as I could.0 -
First off, we'd take the lump sum vs payment over many years.
Pay off Students Loans
Pay off Family debts
Pay off Inlaw debts and mortgage.
House expansion/remodel/tear down start over..which ever seems best!
See if we can't buy back the 100 acres of the inlaws land they've sold to handle the insurmountable debt.
Find a good piece of cattle property.
Finally quit only drooling over all the amazing cattle auctions and get to stocking our place. (Cattle being the major investment made with the money!)
Finally, see what kind of money it takes to persuade the ding dongs that run the athletic apartment at the University of Idaho to build a real football stadium!
Try and find a secure place for the rest.0 -
pay off all my friends' debts and goal map 45 years worth of prepaid adventures.0
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-Set up my family and pay off their debts
-Pay off all my debt
-Continue to work PT and donate money to charity
-Travel travel travel!!!!0 -
I would get allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the pugs that needed rescuing..............and maybe the bostons and the french bulldogs, the waa waas and the griffons............................. and have a big *kitten* small dog sanctuary.0
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Give alot to Breast Cancer awarness foundation, buy me a small house, have a nice whip, and that is about it I would not quit my job I love that I have the ability to defend America at all cost!!!0
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Contact an attorney and a financial advisor
Give notice at work
Pay off debts
Buy a house and a new car
Help out close family and friends
Set aside college funds for my daughter
Bulk up my retirement fundage
Keep enough to pay for living expenses and tuition while I finish school so that I can be a full time student/ part time volunteer instead of a full time employee/ part time student with no time to volunteer...
Donate the rest to local charities and start scholarship programs0 -
Buy my McDonalds and burn it to the ground. Move to Ireland. The end.
Best answer ever!! Lol
First thing I would do is grab my husband and children and get the hell out of California, because the state government would try to take all of it away in taxes. :laugh:0 -
Hubs announced his intentions this morning as follows: pack our vehicles up with whatever we can't live without, put them in storage (we're already renting a space), rent the house out, buy a house/year-round cabin in the woods, head somewhere tropical for the rest of winter. This last part shocked me a bit because he usually likes the winter but isn't looking forward to it this year for some reason.
As I was half awake I didn't have much to say at the time except that it all sounded good to me and I'd be happy to join him. Now that I've had some time to think, here are my ideas:
1) pay off our vehicles, mortgage and any other loans - if we decide we don't want the cars anymore, give them to PBS
2) book cross crountry train ride, or buy RV and drive, to Alaska - but save that for spring/summer when it's warmer
3) adopt German Shorthair Pointer and/or Great Dane now that we have free time to be good doggy parents
4) help Mom build her dream deck/sunroom
Probably plenty of other stuff I could think of if I had the time...
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We've talked on this but one of the first thing is to be princesses. Hit the bridal shop of choice with all my girlfriends and shop sky's the limit wedding gowns.. then limo rides for a not really getting married bachelorette party complete with stocked bar moon roof.. it ALL.. then off to the clubs.. yes dressed like 12 white wedding contestants and drink & dance our butts off - strip clubs would be next.. Sis wants a wedding reception but I just want to get lucky a lot... (batting eyelashes) I was married and I didn't get all the fun stuff so - I WANT IT!! But I really want it with my best pals and I really think the sight of 12 runaway brides clubbing together is just such a good one!!
After that take care of the women in my life and the rare good people before joining gigolo of the week club... ;o) Good luck to everyone who plays!!!0 -
nothing, absolutely nothing.0
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bacon. lots of bacon.
then hookers and blow.
but first, bacon. and pie. maybe bacon pie.0 -
lots of hookers & blow0
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Change my number, then charter a plane to the Big Twelve Championship game Saturday. Go Big Red
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PAY OFF STUDENT LOANS! Travel, travel, travel, buy my condo from my ex's parents, bring my family & friends to see me in FL...0
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Psh, I've had this all in thought and plan.
1) I'd put a few million into a savings account.
2) I'd buy a moderate sized house with a decent size of land. I'm talking at the most a 4 bedroom.
3) Grandmother would be moved in with me and I'd make sure she gets good health care.
4) I'd give both of my brothers 200,000 for college as well as my niece.
5) I'd give some money to my boyfriends family for a house as well as my family.
6) Buy a fuel efficient car.
7) Pay for myself to go to college for psychiatry and not work during this course so I can study and do well.
8) I would like to open a soup kitchen and a homeless shelter.
I'm sure I could think of other things, but primary concerns are making sure my family is taken care of and myself, and I want an education. Even if I don't have to work a day in my life, I'd want to.0 -
I would secede from the union and make my own country called Petoria.0
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Pay off debt, pay off my mom's house, buy myself a truck, hire a maid, cut back to working part time. Give myself a reasonable monthly allowance and sock the rest away with my financial advisor so I don't go "lotty crazy" and lose it all.0
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i wouldn't tell a soul. no one. i wouldn't appear on tv, i wouldn't tell my parents. nothing.
i'd pay off all my debt, and buy a small house. i'd put the rest in banks and mutual funds or other investment accounts. in a few months i'd probably quit my job and live off the interest, and never ever touch the principle.0 -
You should put a tree in your little house. Or put your little house in a tree. With a zipline.0
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1. Pay off all student loans.
2. Buy a car that i don't have to constantly fix.
3. Invest.
4. Get Married and go on an AWESOME LEGENDARY honeymoon world trip.
That order and all.0 -
Buy a big bag of weed, and sit and trip out about what just happened.0
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Spread the wealth a little with loved one and get the hell out of dodge, travel, travel, travel.0
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Pay off Debts (mine and my family's), buy a house (my dream house is currently $1.4 Million), Buy a place in Hawaii. Put a bunch in the bank to help my bf's dad with his medical treatment, put my nieces and nephews through college, get married and have kids of my own and put some money in a bank account for their college education. Give lots to charity, mainly to the school where I used to work, set up a scholarship fund for the kids at that school, give to my current employer. I like my car so I'll keep it but I would finally get to buy my red convertible and buy my bf his jaguar :-) And Finally, Travel the world.0
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I'd get season tickets to my Vikes, a big porch for my trailer home, probably bigger than my home itself, buy an elliptical, get a furnace (without right now), and donate a buttload to my local youth council (that I work with) for leadership training and additions to the skate park. Probably buy my family assorted things too, like porches lol..
Oh I'd also spend a week in Hawaii with a few bottles of tequila.0 -
i wouldn't tell a soul. no one. i wouldn't appear on tv, i wouldn't tell my parents. nothing.
i'd pay off all my debt, and buy a small house. i'd put the rest in banks and mutual funds or other investment accounts. in a few months i'd probably quit my job and live off the interest, and never ever touch the principle.
^yup & build a gym next to my bedroom, two a days!0
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