If you had to spend 10 million dollars in 30 days, how would you spend it?

[MsSnood]

Let's say you recieved an inheritance that stipulated you must spend it all in 30 days. How would you spend it?

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. House, Boat, give the rest to family..

Done.

[pagerbear]

2. NYC luxury condo

[Terry_M]

3. Buy stuff I could resell for about equal, or greater value later

:P

[BostonTeaParty04]

4. I would round up as many homeless people as possible....

create a BUNCH of designated lands for the homeless to rebuild their lives.

Oh, and hire a french chef and pay him his/her full annual salary up front. Among other things.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. Interesting...

n/t :)

[MsSnood]

16. Very commendable of you.

[KittyWampus]

5. Real Estate, Vintage Cars, Estate Jewelry, Fine Art

all of which would appreciate in value and which I could enjoy without undue attachment...

then sell off a bit at a time to do this and that.

Now WHAT I'd like to accomplish with that much wealth... is a whole other thread.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. House, Car...

Some more computers to play with, start my software business, then I would gamble. But not in AC. I would gamble on the lives of people who have never gotten a chance.I would make some lives SERIOUSLY better. Quickly.

Starting by buying some homes for Easter Seals group residences for psychiatric consumers. perhaps build that most rare of beasts, a MICA facility.Setup a scholarship program for psychiatric consumers.

I have thought about this a lot.It is the dream that really keeps me going.

[flaminlib]

beer and smokes

if there's anything left, maybe some nachos

[MsSnood]

18. ROTFL!

You've got 10 Mill!! Anything else?

[flaminlib]

27. i like extra onions, will that cover it?

[MsSnood]

31. How about a house for the smokes and beer and nachos, with onions

and a car in the garage.

You have no aspirations beyond beer and smokes? A nice atmosphere to enjoy them in? ;)

[flaminlib]

34. perhaps I should make it clear just how much i can smoke, and drink!

not sure atmosphere would be in the budget!

[SarahB]

7. A bit weird

I'd buy some farm out of the country with plenty of land, plants, animals, etc. and build a large, self-contained solar monolithic dome house. Maybe it's my :tinfoilhat: but this country and state of the world make me nervous. The rest I'd give to family and charity.

[Wickerman]

8. Don't know for certain

but agood investment would be in the Dem party. AAR would geta large slice, Kerry another chunk. Moveon, DU, etc.

[Cassandra]

10. NYC apartment, set up a trust fund for myself...

other sorts of things that would either appreciate or pay me enough interest to afford the maintenance on said apartment.

[Submariner]

11. Keep a couple of mil to play with

and donate the rest here:

http://www.elephants.com/

[MsSnood]

12. I would by a nice home, furnish it, a car, book a cruise,

take a vacation around the States to visit all my relatives, and I honestly don't know where I'd spend the rest, so I'd have to invest the rest of it after consuting with an investment counselor.

I would probably buy the home in Europe, and not in the States.

But the game would be more difficult if you actually had to SPEND all the money in 30 days. I can't think of 10 Mill of stuff to buy!

edit: And I'd give some to relatives, and donate a good chunk

[Nailzberg]

13. Three words - Nailz For Congress

Take that Mark Kirk! 10 million dollars in the campaign war chest, punk!

[Lefty48197]

14. Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate

I'd give a bunch of the money away, but I'd put my share in RE.

[kera]

15. I wont' know what to do because my needs are for survival

but my dreams need one thousand more

[SmileyBoy]

17. I'd finance construction for a new basketball arena for my university.

Probably $10 Million wouldn't be enough. It might though, I don't know. It's a mid-sized university.

[Spider Jerusalem]

19. Hmmm.

Buy a house, a Bentley or Aston Martin, off to London for a custom-tailored wardrobe and hand-lasted shoes, pay in advance for a 30-year contract on a T-3 data line, and spent the rest on precious metals. (It'll be spent, and I'd be able to get a lot of it back, minus the brokerage fees, etc.)

[SmileyBoy]

20. Did you just finish watching "The Brewster's Millions"???

Richard Pryor kicks ASS.

[MsSnood]

21. No, I was just day dreaming. But I've seen the movie.

[drumwolf]

22. That's easy. Most of it would go to MoveOn and Ctr. for American Progress.

The rest would go towards a house with solar panels, apartments in NYC, SF and London, a hybrid car, and shitloads of computer equipment.

[hyphenate]

23. That's easier than you think

A couple of homes across the country or the world, furniture to put in them, some jewelry, some cars, perhaps a small jet, gift certificates to spend later or to give to people, and at least $1 million to my favorite charities. OR set up a charitable foundation and draw a modest salary on it for quite a while. The other thing is to buy bearer bonds and savings bonds which you can't spend for 6 months, after which you can cash them in.

I'd also try to help out some of my closest friends who are in dire debt, and leave a portion as an annuity for myself upon reaching 65.

[MsSnood]

24. I like your plan - I may have to revise mine.

A small jet? You must plan on a lot of travel. Not sure I couldn't make due with commercial airlines as far as that goes

[hyphenate]

26. I love to travel

I've spent more money on travel in the past fifteen years than some people do in a lifetime. Being able to go anywhere, anytime would be a very warm comfort.

[southerngirlwriter]

25. Three things.

1. Pay off my own debts.
2. Buy and furnish a house for myself.
3. Pay off the debts of everybody I consider a friend and everyone they consider a friend and so on until the money's gone.

[MsSnood]

29. You are very generous!

[southerngirlwriter]

33. My friends and I are all the sort of people

who, if we didn't have any debt, (in other words, if all we had to come up with every month was groceries, light bill, internet bill, and gasoline) would give the majority of our income to worthy causes. In the long run, that approach would get more money into social services, plus take the albatross of debt off all of our necks. :D

[proud patriot]

28. invest in R and D for Alternative Energies with half

then I would hire Teams of people and equipment
and Dig Wells in impoverished thirsty places
with the other half .

[Bertha Venation]

30. ooh, what fun!

1. Pay off all my and both my families' houses and debts
2. Fund Second Harvest, Habitat for Humanity, House of Ruth, several local Humane Societies, the ASPCA, and modestneeds.org
3. that should take care of it

[MsSnood]

32. This is a very generous group. So many of you would donate most

of the money to charitable causes. I am proud to make your acquaintance.

[southerngirlwriter]

36. Welcome to DU, MsSnood!

:yourock:

[MsSnood]

38. Well, Thank you!

[carols]

35. Big-ass no-kill animal shelter for starters

and pay off the blood-suckers at the mortgage company. And get my kid's teeth fixed. And buy my son all the equipment he needs for that band he always wanted to start...
Carol

[Guaranteed]

37. Whores. nt

[Career Prole]

39. I think I'd blow off some steam...

with a week-long series of full page, full color USA Today shrub attacks. It's cheaper than I thought. :D

http://www.usatoday.com/media_kit/usatoday/ai_national_rates_guaranteed_placement.htm

[MsSnood]

40. oooh, that sounds positively evil. And I love it!

[Career Prole]

45. Best part, I think?

The first morning when Rove is screaming "Who the hell ran this? MoveOn? True Majority?...WHO?"

[MsSnood]

48. LOL! I'd LOVE to see him sweat!

And spend some money trying to counter the ad.

[brokensymmetry]

41. Sounds like fun!

Let's start with a 2001 Learjet 45 - that's $7,500,000.00

And how about a Mercedes Maybach? - a bargain at #353,000.00

A private island would be nice. Pipe Island, in Michigan, can be had for a mere $1,900,000.00.

New York can be lovely in the Spring - and the Pierre Hotel in New York offers a presidential suite for just $3,800 per night. Even if we visit the island during the 30 days, we'll keep the room - $114,000.00.

Let's see now - I have a mere $133,000 to spend!

I'll need a staff, of course. A valet, a chauffer, a personal secretary, a chef, a pastry chef, a sous chef, and a scullery maid. With some benefits and good pay for all of those folks, there goes about $30,000 - leaving $103,000.

The third floor Club Room at 21 in New York would be nice for dinner - and of course I'd bring the staff along! (Don't laugh. I'd be renting some friends.) That would be $1,200 per night. I wouldn't want to hurt my chef's feelings, so I'd only go out 4 times - say, $6,000 including a really nice tip.

I'd need some suits, of course - tailor made, naturally - for about $2,500 each. I'll get 10. And some shoes from John Lobb - at $4,500 per pair, why not get 4 pair? I still have $63,000 left!

I may as well get some shirts - say $150 each. I'll get a nice selection - say...40. That brings me down to $57,000.

And that should take care of the fuel for the jet!

If anything is left, I'll pick up a Rolex. They range from $65,000 down, so this should consume the change.

My what a greedy little piggy I am! But it was fun! :)

[MsSnood]

44. Good job!

Some expensive thought into that! Sounds fun!

[solinvictus]

42. Law School

I'd pre-pay tuition at Columbia Law School for my wife and I. The rest would go to an apartment in NYC.

43. Dropping Out Of Poetry Mode For A Moment...

I'd use it to stir as much shit as I could in that time.

$1 million to the Democratic Party in the name of George Bush.
$1 million to Planned Parenthood in the name of Pope John Paul II
$1 million to Lambda Legal Defense in the name of John Ashcroft.
$1 million to PETA in the name of Ted Nugent.
$1 million to Liz Taylor's AIDS organization from Fred Phelps.
$1 million to NAACP from the Ku Klux Clan
$1 million to the JDL in the name of the Aryan Nations.

.... well you get the picture!

Then after the $10 mil was gone, I'd sit back, switch on the TV set and watch the *hellacious* catfight! "We WON'T take this filthy money..." "Oh YES WE WILL!" "Now JUST a damn MINUTE!" "HEY!!!" "I NEVER GAVE THAT MONEY!!!" "You BASTARDS!"

*snicker* The organizations accepting the cash would be outraged (but still, some good would be done!) and the supposed "donors" would be humiliated beyond words! Sad that I couldn't keep and invest the money, but the good usage gotten from it and the gigantic public outcry would entertain me for decades!

Oh... and in each gift envelope would be the secret instructions that the money was to be spent on acquiring nuclear devices!

Schwannzeichen

[Nailzberg]

46. Altruistic and Evil at the same time - I Like!

:evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[MsSnood]

47. It's positively evil! I love it!

[MAlibdem]

49. Donate 2000 to Kerry

Max amount to all dem candidates, rest to DNC...

send $160,000 to Dartmouth for college tuition over the next 4 years...ugggh.

Then pay for grad school b4 I get there (send it ahead to a couple law schools...hopefully ill get into one)

[NightTrain]

50. I'd buy enough things to live comfortably for the next few decades...

...and give the rest (presumably at least $8 million) to various charities and non-profits.

[MsSnood]

52. I am more selfish than you are I guess

I'd do the opposite, and give the 2 Mil to charity and spend the 8 Mil on myself

[MAlibdem]

51. Brewster's Millions

Is dope...the actual terms are that you also cannot have any assets at the end of the month.

That means no houses, no cars, no yatchs, nothing except the shirt on your back.

[MsSnood]

53. That would mean it all has to go to charity or paying off debts

[MAlibdem]

68. Or for services rendered for which there is no material gain

such as sex, protection, legal retention, etc.

[LynneSin]

54. I'd keep 2mil for myself and use the other 8mil to get Bush out of Office

I'd figure 2mil would be enough to set me up for life. I know, that's not alot of money, but my tastes aren't that expensive plus I'd probably still work at a job although doing something in politics (behind the scenes) and buy a nice home someplace.

But I'd take that last 8 mil and I'd invest in campaign signs & commericals that would be used to help get Bush out of office

[MsSnood]

58. I'd have to keep working too

I'm amazed at how many responses there are to spend the money on charity or political causes. I agree using it to defeat Bush is a good way to spend the money. He's the worst president ever. An embarrassment and a disgrace.

[camero]

55. Brewster's Millions again?

Actually I would become an investor in the O's. Then I would give the deed to my local health care clinic and let them make money off the team. :)

[MsSnood]

59. The O's?

[camero]

61. my avatar n/t

[NMDemDist2]

56. great movie about that "Brewsters Millions"

with Richard Pryor and John Candy it was funny!

[Zinfandel]

57. Women and a better sandwich.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

60. I would donate

to John Kerry, Moveon.org,etc, donate to some charities, get rid of my debt and buy a new house

[WillyBrandt]

62. I'd give it all to the Hackensack Bulls

[MsSnood]

64. You wouldn't spend any on yourself?

[Barbara Ann]

63. I would pay off debts,

give some to family, set myself up for life with a house and car and an annual income, and give the rest to charity.

Nice fantasy.

[MsSnood]

65. I would buy

a half million dollar house, a new car, pay off debts of course but that would be a drop in the bucket with this much money.

I'd take a travel cruise, and give the rest to family and charity.

[HEyHEY]

66. Pay debts - buy porsche, real estate, boat

[MsSnood]

67. You have 9 Million left

[Seldona]

69. Move to Mexico.

Set up a business there and kick back and relax.

[gyopsy]

70. Buying hoes...

gardening supplies, shovels, etc. :)

[mvd]

71. First, pay off college debts

Then,

- Give a lot to charities and the Democrats.
- Buy very nice houses and services for life for me, my family, and grandfather.
- Buy lots of the CDs I've been wanting :-)

[scottcsmith]

72. Two words: crack whores

Just kidding. I'd go with the pricey prostitutes.

No, I'm lying. Well, I'd probably pay off my mortgage, buy a bunch of high-tech stuff, and maybe get myself a newer car. Can I spend it on buying stock? Mutual funds? Other investments?

[huellewig]

73. permaculture

I would build a self sustaining community. With a few hundred acres we could get off the grid. Windmills, dams, solar. It would be like Melrose Place hippie style. Even a little plane to fly people in for medical treatment and supplies. Most stuff would be produced on site. The rest we could order.

dreammy..

[Donkeyboy75]

74. 90% on fast women, booze and drugs...waste the other 10%

stolen from the late Tug McGraw :)

[Dead_Parrot]

75. Easy...

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/sales_islands/sites/08_kiakoura_1.html
With enough change for
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2473062681&category=63677
Donate rest to DU. Leaves me 29½ days to kill...

Note to self: Buy lottery ticket.
(edit: being greedy)

[Quetzal]

76. Buy up tons of land and zone it as conservation

I would also get an apartment in a big city.

[ForrestGump]

77. How much does a used F-14A Tomcat go for?

I mean, if I'm not some US-friendly despot set on opressing my own people. More than ten million, right?