s/o what would you spend on if you were a billionaire?

[Anonymous]

I would hire a personal chef to cook all our meals. I would hire a full time housekeeper to clean, do laundry, organize, etc. A decorator to make my house work the way I want it to (I don't want to move). I would buy vacation places -- one for me in the city of my choosing and one for my husband at the beach. I would give each of my family members and my close friends and their families gifts of $14,000 each (or whatever you can gift w/o tax) So to my friend Mary I would give checks made out to Mary, Mary's husband, and each of Mary's children. I would have a shitload of plastic surgery.

I would give major donations to my child's school. I would give major donations to my daughter's struggling sports team. I would form PACs and donate money to candidates who I believe in and I would form a PAC like EMILY's List and search for candidates to run for office. I would make major donations to the Innocence Project.

[Anonymous]

Big donation to the Smithsonian.

I'd also hand out hundred-dollar bills to people I spot doing small good deeds, like picking up something a stranger unknowingly dropped, stopping at crosswalks, or giving up a seat on Metro. Maybe I'd establish a good samaritan fund, to give larger sums to people who really go above and beyond, like those who chase down muggers.

I'd anonymously send contractors to fix up my older neighbors' houses. One dear elderly lady told me she sleeps on a pull-out in the basement when it rains because her bedroom ceiling leaks; another is afraid of the big tree outside that the city has refused to remove.

[Anonymous]

I would set up college funds for every child in my extended family and some friends as well. I also like the idea of providing some type of affordable quality daycare or preschool for hard working parents who can't afford the fancier choices. For me, a small place to live with lifetime housekeepers and I would fix that little bald spot in the back of my head (I'm a woman).

[Anonymous]

Here's a fantasy I've had for a while:

Establish a working farm, far outside the city, for urban youth who have gotten in trouble with the law. Budding gang members and the like. Have them work on the farm and do rigorous schoolwork, under the supervision of firm but loving caretakers. Teach good manners, good decision-making, and hard work. Feed them excellent food and organize team sports. I'd probably have to have several of these, in order to break existing associations and prevent the formation of new mini-crews. And of course, there would be partnerships with companies and agencies in the city, so that when the kids complete their stint on the farm, they have mentors and eventually jobs to return to.

This actually existed, in a sense, where I grew up. Lots of the boys from The Farm turned out amazingly well.

[Anonymous]

-more education
-travel more
-never fly coach again
-donate to public radio
-donate to planned parenthood
-start a small business
-pay off debt
-buy my mother-in-law a VW bug
-have 4 kids
-college education for each child and they can pick a friend ; )
-put a ton in the bank

[Anonymous]

This is easy!

I would make sure my parents, my children, my siblings, and my extended family were taken care of. Especially my parents. They have no retirement savings, because they gave everything they had to us and to charity--I would love to make all their dreams come true.

Then I would give the rest away to pro-life charities, and die broke.

[Anonymous]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the "good deeds" and "Farm" suggestions! Especially love that it not "fill my GD closet". Keep them coming!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Personal trainer and small gym in my home

Swimming pool and caretaker for it

Beautiful home, but not a mansion... preferably like a home in one of those Douglas Sirk 1950s Hollywood movies

Pied a terre in both Paris and Berlin

Liposuction on my thighs, breast lift

All the Jo Malone perfume I want!

Art (paintings and prints)

Oh, and for other people:

Huge donations to DCPS and to the DC Public Library

Huge donations to House of Ruth and Martha's Table

Set my parents up for life

Pay for my niece and nephews college educations

Ditto to all of this except the perfume and the body modification! If I'm a billionaire, I can look how I like and just pay someone to follow me around telling me I look smokin hot. Of course, with the personal trainer, personal chef, and all the designer clothes I can find, I will look damn good without lipo.

Oh, and I'd choose Barcelona or Positano instead of Berlin. Just because why not.

[Anonymous]

Most people I know would put "fill their closet first" - sadly, but not admit it. Pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:daily massages

Me too. And great towels and sheets. Just to see what the really good stuff is really like.
And I'd take a month off work just to sleep and hang out with my kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Most people I know would put "fill their closet first" - sadly, but not admit it. Pathetic.

Well, it takes time to establish world-changing charities. Might as well do a little shopping while you're at it. After all, you're a billionaire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Most people I know would put "fill their closet first" - sadly, but not admit it. Pathetic.

Well, it takes time to establish world-changing charities. Might as well do a little shopping while you're at it. After all, you're a billionaire.

I believe that, as a billionaire involved in charities, you'd simply have to fill your closet, whether you like it or not. How many people attending a charity event at the Met have you seen wearing a dress from Target?

[Anonymous]

Build schools (and all that goes along with education - food, housing, tuition, uniforms, supplies, etc) for girls.

[Anonymous]

I would pay overtime to all the workers who worked for my corporation helping me become the billionaire
And I would give them a decent wage

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I'd buy the Redskins, change the name and work on good draft choices.

I hope you become a billionaire!

From your keyboard to God's ear.

The last thing the Redskins need is another billionaire who wants to play fantasy football.