Billionaire For a Day

[Lightning Rod]

I would like to be a billionaire for just one day. I know it would interfere with my vows of poverty, but for just one day I would like to be a billionaire.

Just having money makes you a star these days. Look at Donald Trump or Oprah or Mark Cuban or Ross Perot.

And check out the stars in the presidential sweepstakes. We don't rate them by what they stand for. We rate them by how much money they can raise.

What would you do if you had a billion dollars? Run for president? Race cars? Decorate your house with priceless artwork? Buy every whore in Amsterdam or a basketball team? Produce your own reality TV show or just go on Dancing with the Stars? Would you start libraries or charities?

If I was a billionaire for just one day, I would try to spend it ALL. I would get a bailing machine and litter the poor sections of town with bricks of hundred dollar bills. I would give a hundred million or so to Bill Gates. He deserves it. And then I would fund foundations. I would start lots of foundations. A poetry foundation. A comedy foundation. A free hemp foundation. And think tanks, oh yes, think tanks. I would start some of those. Maybe one of them would give me a fellowship when my day of being a billionaire was done and I could spend my old age doing what I love to do most--thinking. But I think I would rather have a 'think porch' or a 'think living room' than a 'think Tank.' I would rather think from home, not have to go to an office to do it.

Damn, my billion is almost gone, my day is almost done and I haven't bought myself a car or a house or a boss wardrobe. I'm a failure in the consumer department. Truth is, I don't want to own anything except my life. Ownership is a burden. Every time I hear George Bush talk about an 'ownership society,' I get the chills.

If I had a billion dollars, I would do just what I'm doing today. What would you do?

[stilltrucking]

Not sure
That ain't chump change you are talking about
I once spent two fifty million dollars in about five hours.
But I only needed a couple of things, a mountain in west virginia, a skip jack in Maryland,

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I forget all what else I bought, I spent a lot on interior decorating my mountain.

I suppose I would
the first thing I would spend it on is some medical care for my baby sister
just like Holly Hunter got for son in As Good As It Gets.
I would send gates a million too, just for the hell of it.

I would go around stuffing hundred dollar bills into every hard luck story taped on the jar sitting on the counter of every ice house in Texas and beyond.

I would send Mike Gravel whatever he said he needed. Putting my money where my mouth is.

I would see if I could locate an old friend of homeboy's, Doug Sheppard. They graduated medical school together back in 58. Last home boy heard from Doug he was with some doctor's relief agency working in Africa.

I would see if Doug needed anything.

The rest of it I would piddle away on socks and underwear I guess.



That's what I love about bro
A billion dollars would not change you at all.

I enjoyed reading this.
thank you

[Doreen Peri]

I'd change everything. In a day. Easy. Would I do what I'm doing now? Hell no! I'd put in my resignation immediately. I'd start Studio Eight LIVE! ... an arts center & school and artists colony. I'd buy a new house. I'd make plans to travel the world. I'd invest as much as necessary to have enough money to take care of me when I get old and to pass along to my son and daughter so they'd never have to worry about being taken care of, so they could go to whatever school(s) they want to go to, so they could have the best health insurance and never have to worry about going broke if they get sick.

Since the money would be mine for only one day, I'd actually give it to my children to deposit in their own accounts with the agreement that a certain amount would be mine. The next day, they can write me a check. Then I'd continue wth these plans above. Why? Because I'm selfish like that. lol

Would I feed the hungry? House the homeless? Well with all that money, I'm sure I'd figure out some way to invest it to help other people, but bottom line is, me and my family will have to come first.

At least I'm honest.

[hester_prynne]

I can't even fathom that much money.

I agree with LRod about ownership being a joke.

I would however, in this dream, secure everyone in my family, (including me) first off.
Certainly, for me, there would be world travel whenever, and a small abode near a river equipped with a writing and music studio, with a talent search and rescue operation 24/7.

I would invest alot of it in cannibus legalization and research.

I would open a resource center for the poor providing food and shelter and jumpstarts.

And, I would donate the rest to studio eight to fund artistic dreams into reality because there is more talent in here than anywhere i've ever been.

Yup.
Sigh. That felt good......
H

[Arcadia]

if I had a billion dollars I´ll buy a ventilador for my classroom and don´t be afraid if I have money or not at the end of the month... (damn! I can do that without a billion dollars)

[WIREMAN]

I'd make a party that would never stop.......

[Doreen Peri]

I'd make a party that would never stop.......

now there's an honest man!