Hypothetically you won 250 million dollars in a lottery

My question will be, since you suddenly are very wealthy, what will you then do? At all times assume you really won the money. Treat the questions as if you won this fortune. Tell us what you would do.

 

Buy Vector and live off the 12% dividend on tobacco, real estate and marijuana.
Just kidding - sorta.

 

I would pay for the houses of everyone in my family and my friends, give my whole family a million dollars each, buy an Island off St.Thomas and build a totally off the grid resort compound (desalination and wave powered). Then I begin searching for cool and helpful charities to help while funding genetic research into Cancer cures.

 

Invest it so that I would have a steady income. Invest in enough safe investments to live like I do now. Invest the rest in a variety of medium safe to risky investments. I would donate a lot to charity, and would set up a foundation for science education--primarily to get inner city kids to become exposed and excited by science, so as to want to pursue STEM related futures. The feds would get whatever the tax laws say they get. Not a penny more or less.

 

I see no way for the common person to ever blow thorough 250 million in actual cash. Democrats of course can figure it out so I change my tune on that point.

A person can so invest so the money keeps growing even when you donate to your charity or to science for kids.

 

So far, not even Democrats want the Government to get more money. Supposedly they are the party that argues to rip off the rich. I wonder if any Democrats wants to actually give away more of their own money to Government!!!! Time will tell.

 

Anyone that good would have to be really be sniffing the sulfur.

 

Probably no more than you and I do.

 

I am neither that good or liking the smell of rotten eggs, but that truly is what I would do....your turn.

 

Democrats gift giving stops at their bank account but reaches into your wealthy neighbors accounts to buy government.

 

Whereas you and I gladly give our money to Uncle Donny to fund Maro Lago upgrades?

 

Democrats? Trump's useless wall - which Mexico was supposed to pay for - is supposed to cost at least 24 times that amount, isn't it?

You don't seem to have any reality-based concept of what either political party actually does. You just seem to project a very cartoonish notion based solely on the most absurd tropes and talking points trotted out by politicians to impress undereducated, low-information voters.

 

I already answered. I would invest in vice with dividends. IOW, you know I plan to live forever.

Your ideas are good.

 

I don't see "mermaid in the living room" as an option.

 

I think you're over budget.

 

That's generally true. Some honest leftists even admit it they are "Tightwads".

"This holiday season is a time to examine who’s been naughty and who’s been nice, but I’m unhappy with my findings. The problem is this: We liberals are personally stingy.

Liberals show tremendous compassion in pushing for generous government spending to help the neediest people at home and abroad. Yet when it comes to individual contributions to charitable causes, liberals are cheapskates.

Arthur Brooks, the author of a book on donors to charity, “Who Really Cares,” cites data that households headed by conservatives give 30 percent more to charity than households headed by liberals. A study by Google found an even greater disproportion: average annual contributions reported by conservatives were almost double those of liberals.

Other research has reached similar conclusions. The “generosity index” from the Catalogue for Philanthropy typically finds that red states are the most likely to give to nonprofits, while Northeastern states are least likely to do so."
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Bleeding Heart Tightwads, By Nicholas Kristof, DEC. 20, 2008.
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/opinion/21kristof.html

 

Upgrades you say?

I am the most informed poster of all to deal with upgrades to presidents property.

Ernie, one of my former clients worked for the Feds. His job was managing the property owned by Nixon at San Clemente and he was picked up by the FBI to milk him for what he knew of Watergate. Ernie knew nothing but the FBI milked the poor guy for a week.

He explained what was authorized at the San Clemente property. And who authorized it. He had nothing to say about things added such as the then heliport. And security was out of his hands. At least the part where it cost more to secure the property. His job was managing the estate.

So all presidents properties must be capable of being fully functional for the secret service. If a property is too far from an airport, a heliport will be installed.

It seems to me to be likely the heliport then is removed once he is no longer president.

I believe a very large airport is close to mar a lago so for Trump no heliport. Anyway none that I know of.

 

I learned about many of the myths when I still was a lusty supporter of Democrats. What I learned made me ashamed to be a then voting Democrat.

 

Too bad most charities are scams and they are being fools.

Liberals figured this out a long time ago. Righties must just be slow.

I stopped donating when they started selling my personal contact information. They wouldn't even take my money if I didn't give my name. How about that.

 

You didn't ask about tax rates...or did I miss that? You asked what we would do with the money. Why would anyone agree to just hand over cash to the government, above and beyond your taxes.

On that front, I would be happy to pay whatever rate was allocated. And I would continue to push for that rate to be higher for the uber wealthy.

 

I would have a Harem.

But the first thing I would do is send 1 million to my first sugar baby; as thanks for helping to save my life.

 

This displays an enormous thirst for the money supply of one group. But to favor the poor makes no sense at all.

I said one may deliver to government and included each, state and the Feds. It is to show how generous you actually are with your own money.

 

Taxing the uber rich is not favoring the poor.

Amazon paid NO TAXES last year. How much did you pay?

From WWII up to JFK, you know, back when America was great, the top marginal tax rate was 91-92%. MAGA - Tax the hell out of billionaires.

 

It's not hard to find which charities are good.
Did you give to The Clinton Foundation?

 

And how many people donate to bad ones?

No, the organization that wouldn't take my money unless they could sell my name was a Mission Fund.

They are all selling your information without your permission. In fact, I've read that they often make more by selling your name than they receive in donations.