If you, the lounge, was given $10 billion to solve one issue - what would you pick!

[LynneSin]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1489806

Yeah this thread was from GD but I'd rather see what us lounge folks would say - because that would be much more interesting!!

BTW I said I would find a way to cure Menstrual Cramps.

[ohiosmith]

1. One question. Does my wife know I have $10 billion?

[LynneSin]

3. only if you give me $5 billion dollars to keep my mouth shut

does that help?

[ohiosmith]

4. I'll give you a bottle of tequila and the cure for menstrual cramps.

[Pool Hall Ace]

6. Wouldn't the bottle of tequila be the cure for menstrual cramps?

Menopause was the only thing that cured my menstrual cramps. :shrug:

[ohiosmith]

7. Thanks a lot. Now she knows the cure.

[Pool Hall Ace]

9. Hey, I only asked a question. You could have said no.

Or are you talking about my mentioning menopause?? :P

[ohiosmith]

11. DAMN!

[Bake]

23. But hey, it saved you $5 billion!

What a bargain!

Bake

[rug]

2. The kudzu plague.

[geardaddy]

5. I'd donate to find a cure for theTea Party.

[madinmaryland]

8. I think it's going to take far more the $10B to cure the STUPID.

[KamaAina]

10. Buy out Olive Garden

and convert it to a restaurant chain. :P

[LynneSin]

12. I'm going to eat at fricking Olive Garden one day when I'm in NYC

just to piss off all you people here in the lounge.

I can't WAIT to gorge on endless breadsticks!

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. Enough cowbell for everyone.

[Initech]

14. I'd use it to fund my charity - Hops Without Borders.

There's third world countries who've never experienced the greatness of an IPA, and I'm gonna give it to 'em!:toast:

[Redstone]

15. Child hunger: There is NO excuse for America, the

richest country in the world, to have even ONE child who doesn't get enough to eat.

Redstone

[LiberalAndProud]

16. First thing I'd do is throw a hell of a party.

Lounge attendance required, all expenses paid. Rio everyone?

[Forkboy]

17. Sausage or Pepperoni.

[Chan790]

18. Brain Damage!

It'd be the end of conservatism...and it'd make a lot of people better and a lot more people happy.

It's a triple-winner!

[RedCloud]

19. I'd pick my nose if it were a nose contest.

[felix_numinous]

20. I'd buy as much land in every state I could afford

and plant it with endangered trees, plants and herbs, and buy as many lots as possible to be used as public organic gardens where people could grow food and learn gardening. If there was money left I would hire as many lawyers as I could afford and go after Monsanto.

[LynneSin]

21. Before you go planting crazy - make sure they are native species to the area

Sure you think it would be neat to save some exotic plant or tree, but what happens is that species could take over the area and crowd out native ones. Kudzu was brought in for decorative purposes and now it's taken over the entire USA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species

[felix_numinous]

27. Oh yeah you are so right

--my fantasy is to help heal and balance the Earth, so NO KUDZU or exotic or Frankenplants, right?

:hi: your cowbell is the cure for just about everything.

[kick-ass-bob]

22. Invade Canada!

And co-opt their health care system for our own use.

[LynneSin]

29. You realize that $10 billion dollars would give you about an hour use of the US Military

after that you're on your own.

[Bake]

24. The terrible plague of boob job deprivation!

You don't have to thank me.

Bake

[mysuzuki2]

25. I'd solve the problem of "I don't have 10 billion dollars"

there, wasn't that easy!

[hunter]

26. Free condoms, birth control, and sex toys for everyone!

There's too many people and too few orgasms on this planet.

[dawg]

28. I tried to think up a smart-ass answer, I really did.

But I'll be serious.

First, if there appeared to be any reasonable chance of success, I'd use the money to push for a constitutional amendment limiting campaign contributions and formally defining who is a "person" and who is not. Limiting the influence of money in politics would be the single best thing that could happen for this country.

If, as I suspect, it became obvious that this was a pipe dream with only 10 billion to spend, then I think I would spend the money instead to help families with special-needs kids, especially kids on the autistic spectrum. It seems like the whole world is aligned against these kids - insurance companies don't want to cover them, educators don't want to give them the services they need, the justice system wants to criminalize them, etc.

If there was enough left over for a gold-top Les Paul, so be it.

[applegrove]

30. Psychopathy. Causes more wars and pain in the world than anything else. Second I would

try and fix carbon capture plans to avert global warming.