I would sponsor a manned mission to Mars. It's roughly the same amount of money.
Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?
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Re: Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?
#112Two chicks at the same time. Seriously, I have no idea what I'd do with that amount of money. If I was completely selfish maybe I'd buy an island somewhere. I sure as hell wouldn't use it to bail out a bunch of failed businesses whose executives have been giving themselves multi-million dollar bonuses.
hehe I would invest it. I would buy most of wall street and wait for it to bounce back. Turn that 700b to 10 trillion.
And then what?
Re: Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?
#113Re: Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
$50K is a lot of money! Can any household still be considered poor with $49K a year?
Yeah it's a lot of money if your still living at home and paying no expenses. I make 120K a year and barely get by. It's all about the debt I'm afraid and the fact that prior to 2 years ago I was making on average 20-30k. My life sucks.
I make 120K a year and barely get by
American, meet the reason for your economic crisis.
Re: Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?
#115money doesn't solve problems, smart people do. money is just a way of freeing smart people of distractions.
and i think 70 billion in todays dollars is a lot more realistic than 700 billion.
that said:
10 billion for space elevator research
10 billion for terraforming mars research
10 billion in scholarships available to anyone in the world as well as the money needed to pull strings to get the smartest kids into the best colleges.
10 billion for a clean water research
30 billion in free contraception/medical for every country.
Re: Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
$50K is a lot of money! Can any household still be considered poor with $49K a year?
Not that much. $50K after tax is what, $40K? Just a tad over? Rent? Food? That's all assuming you're young and single. Have kids? Good friggin' luck. You can't even afford a mortgage on $50K a year. I've got a $100K job offer pending my graduation, and even with that I still have to be aware of my budget to even save something.
Stop buying so much shit.
Re: Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah it's a lot of money if your still living at home and paying no expenses. I make 120K a year and barely get by. It's all about the debt I'm afraid and the fact that prior to 2 years ago I was making on average 20-30k. My life sucks.
I make 120K a year and barely get by American, meet the reason for your economic crisis.
actually, people like him are good for the economy. all that money immediately returning to circulation is better than it being saved. the fact that he is mentally unfit for survival is another issue.
Re: Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?
#118I'd buy a sovereign country and break it up into city-states, and allow them to compete with each other as an experiment to see which policies and forms of government are the most effective. It would be kind of like Pokemon for social science geeks. You could have libertaritopia, commietopia, fascistopia, etc, and you'd get to see what happens. For motivational purposes, after 50 years I would have barbarian hordes b…
Spoiler Alert: Fascism wins unless they are lead by a retard.
Re: Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?
#119I wouldn't do anything. You would, because I will own you.
Re: Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?
#120surfing-equipment + house on hawaii ~ 6million$ baller-life-style-money: 10$million. my own scientific/tech projects, 1billion. rest i would donate to various scientifc rpoject sand charity.
Dude, with ten million you'd barely be able to get off the damn island after a couple of years. Jets cost at least $50M.