How would you spend a million dollars?

I would give it all away to a charity. The Upper Room Compassionate Ministries, Nashua New Hampshire most likely. I really like the street level help they give to a particular neighborhood where I once lived.

I was once very broke and virtually (6 nights) homeless, at one point I slept in a sewer culvert because the shelter was full. Since then (2000) I have done very well and believe me the life of a needy man was much simpler and easy to understand. I would like to get back there.. just above the point where I was virtually homeless.My life was easy then.

So as my life stands now if I were to come across a million dollars I would give it all away in a heartbeat. No kidding, in a second. The happiness one receives from doing right by others is immeasurable and I have no doubt there are much better ways to distribute a million than to buy one more thing or take one more trip or to buy and sell one more house.

Taxes are much easier to take (give) at a lower bracket as well.

$100,000 would go into mutual funds or other "money-growing" opportunities. The rest would go into a high-interest bank, and I'd portion out the rest of it to live my life as I am now, but comfortably and without worrying (or a job! ).

No splurging on yachts or private jets or mansions, I don't need all that. The only splurges I might make would be traveling, a new computer, and a new car when my currently-9-year-old Toyota RAV finally dies. :).

I would pay my debts, help my family, buy a home and a car and invest the rest.

IF I had to spend it all, and I wasn't allowed to save any of it *pay off my house so the sheriff doesn't come to take it :( *buy a block of flats for my daughters as income and somewhere to stay *set up a scholarship for children that come from the country and can't afford to go to university because I've been there and know what it's like *give money to cancer research... maybe the new research on skin cancer drugs from kangaroos.

I'd buy an old castle and refurbish it to be self sustaining (wind/solar power, crops, etc. ) I have so always wanted my own castle. That would blow the whole million, and that's a smaller castle. castles-for-sale.com.

10% To charity likely divided between cancer research and food/shelter for the homeless. 40% To set up a literacy non-profit. This organization would use role playing games to promote reading, social activity, and problem solving skills.

This would also become my new job. 30% Would buy me a house. 5% Would get new cars for my wife and I.15% Would be used to invest in mutual funds for long term investments.

A million bucks doesn't go that far anymore I guess. I would buy lots of cheap land somewhere sunny and start a commune....not the no electricity hippie farm type. It would be very high tech with the latest in sustainable technology.

But it would be very strongly based around community, where each person brought something unique and interesting to the group. We would hire experts to come and teach classes on all of the latest scientific breakthroughs and interesting technology,as well as art and intensive meditation. With a bunch of creative but smart people I think something really great would come out of the collective.

Probably keep it to under twenty people.

In reality if a million dollars came my way out of the blue, I'd save and invest most of it, except for a small amount that I'd use to celebrate and treat my family and friends. In that case "invest" might mean some combination of property, financial assets, funding a business, or maybe spending time in education. But if you really mean "spend", and not in any way save, invest or donate... Well in that case a million dollars can go a heck of a long way.

I probably can't list all the things I'd spend it on. :) It might break down something like this... $200k - home improvements, furnishings, decorating $200k - travelling $100k - gifts $50k - useful tech $50k - fun tech See now I'm already running out of things to spend it on! Mind you, I could always buy two tickets on Virgin Galactic, which I'd love to do.

:D $400k - Two tickets with Virgin Galactic. virgingalactic.com/booking.

I would pay off my family's debt. My father has the equivalent of over $ 170000 in debt, not including our house. Then I'll buy a house for me to live in, which will cost about $ 70000.

Another thing is to buy a store-house and turn it into an English course or Mandarin course. I'll buy the system and curriculum by buying franchise. The store-house, franchise, etc might cost around $300000.

I'll use around $ 70000 to take my Master degree in Australia or Netherland. I'll spend around $ 20000 for car, traveling with my family, and other luxury. The rest will go to bank to gain some interest.10% of the interest each month will go to WWF or other nature related charity.Now... if only...

If I had a million dollars, I'd would pay all the debt I owe first. Then I would breath easy, something I haven't been able to do for along time. I would get a very modest house with little maintenance and very efficient heating and cooling.

That would leave me with about 875,000. 25,000 would go into a business 150,000 would be used to pay of debt of my family and friend So that leaves 700,000. 100,000 would be a trust fund for my son, which would compound on interest I would then divide out, 300,000 in accounts to compound 300,000 in accounts to draw a monthly interest check for necessities, and in due time a few modest luxuries if the business is a success.

If not, I still have my son's and mine necessities met. Today I had to put groceries back on the shelf because I didn't have enough money to pay for them. I make 26.00 too much a month to qualify for food stamps.

I would never want to have to serve my son hot dogs as a meal again. Or make a choice between buying medicine or food. Don't get me wrong, I would give to worthy causes in due time.

I just need to know that I don't have to struggle again first.

I would go to a virtual game and lend all of it in coin and they could use they're junk as collateral . U would make 200,000 because you charge 20% interest! There's a lot of socail games that need money.

My first instinct would be to make sure my immediate family was debt free. We all live pretty simple lives so for $100,000.00 my parents, my siblings and myself could be completely out of debt. After that, I'd invest $500,000.00 in an account that would allow me to live comfortably off of the interest.

When my husband and I were gone it would be a hefty inheritance for our daughter. Speaking of her, at least $100,000.00 would be put aside for her education. That would leave $300,000.00.

$100,000.00 of that would be for me and my household. It would allow us some money to take vacations and buy things we normally wouldn't. Mind you, we wouldn't be over the top.

The rest would go to 2 charities. One that I hold near and dear to my heart is The Empty Arms Bear Foundation. The charity is ran by a local hospital.

The hospital donates bears to mothers who have to leave the hospital without their babies -- due to still born babies or a death soon after birth. I can tell you from experience nothing feels worse than "empty arms" and this charity makes a huge difference in the lives of people. When you receive your bear it comes with a card from another set of parents who donated the bear in memory of their angel.It's a way of letting people know that they're not alone in going through such tragedy.

I'm including the link if anyone would like to donate. All the money goes to the actual program. consolingparents.org/empty_arms.htm I can honestly say that I wouldn't give my bear up for a million.

The second charity would be a church nearby my home that makes sure the elderly who cannot pay their utilities, house payments, etc are taken care of. I'm not a religious person, but like supporting this church because they really do a lot of good things for people who would otherwise go without.

I'd answered a similar question before and my answer is still the same... In our country, $1 is equivalent to PHP 46. Quite big right? There are many things I could do with that money... 1/4 of the money will go to my parents.

Without them, I wouldn't be what I am right now. I owe everything to them so it's just proper to give something back. With this money, Dad will no longer have to work to pay for the bills.

Mom will no longer have to do tiring house chores and maybe just get a helper to do it for her. They could just establish a business here with that money and buy their own house too. We don't have our own house, we're just renting a place so it would really be nice if they don't have to pay for monthly rental fee.1/4 will go to my brother... Of course I'd like him to have a good future too.

He can use that money to build his own house and business too to support his future and his family too. 1/4 will be for my future... for my future family... a house we could live in... a business that could sustain us and for my future kids' education. I want to be sure for my family's future.

There are lots of kids out there who belong to poor families which can't even afford quality education... I don't like my kids to suffer like them too. :( So like I already said, there are lots of unfortunate people everywhere... I'd like to reach out to these people to make their life a little easier.1/4 of the money will go to charity. I'd like to donate to foundations who reach out to elder people who have been abandoned by their families.

I'd like to grant scholars to smart deserving kids whose family couldn't afford their education. I want to establish an animal shelter here in our city to help abandoned street animals who were being abused by some people here. :( That's it... I think that's how I'll spend a million dollars.

:).

Because I'm still very young (around 13), I've already planned out the specific amounts to set aside for significant life events: University/Education: $30,000 Marriage/Honeymoon: $20,000 House: $250,000 Car: $20,000 Kids: $200,000 Retirement: $100,000 That would leave me with about 420,000 which, after paying for some cool tech, would all go to charity, of course. And by Kids, I mean for everything that would cost anything. The average cost of raising a child is about $100,000, and so I set some aside to perhaps lower the cost of living in the future.

I would give a quarter of it to SPCA, animals do not have a voice and I am a dog lover. I would give a quarter of it to a homeless shelter in the northern part of NH. I haven't researched but I think the area around Berling (very economically depressed) is in dire need of help.

I would invest a quarter of it. I would fix my house and barn and build an apartment for my elderly father to stay with me.

I have a short answer I hope it counts. INVEST, ENJOY, INVEST........

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.