Mark _australia said...kiterboy said...Mark _australia said...
It is too much.
If one person wins 100mil they won't know what to do with it.
Such a dick thing to say.
You obviously have no imagination.
You kinda have a point, I get annoyed when people who have won about $5mil and say they will continue working. You know, the 50 y/o type who have never had a hobby, imagination, desire to travel - I kinda think WTF!!????
But when we are talking 100mil - you could get everything you need/want for a lot less. Say, $20mil is enough to have a LOT of toys, flash house and holidays right NOW, and still have investments of businesses that will get you some of the other things a bit later. The point being - yes I could spend 100mil right now, but would not have the time to use all the sh!t I bought. Save the helicopter for 5yrs time after I get bored with the jet plane.
I also note you cut out all my stuff about making more people happy, with a life changing amount for each of them, rather than 1 person having too much. I guess being nice is not important huh.
Yes being 'nice' is important, so is helping people.
You talk about winning 100mil being too much for someone and state that they wouldn't know what to do with it.
In your case I guess that's true.
Because, you only seem to think materialistically about the winning of a large amount of money like that.
You say you can and would buy a heap of stuff/toys etc with that money, but for you there seems to be a limit to what you can think of to use the money on.
So you claim you'd use the money to help other people by giving some of it away to people.
Like I said, lack of imagination.
Giving people money does not necessarily help them at all, most of the time, giving people money for nothing only leads them to materialistic pursuits, the welfare system proves that.
Sure, you win 100mil, go crazy buy heaps of toys and stuff, spoil your friends, you won it, you deserve it and can do with it what you want, I know I would.
But you claim you would want to help other people with this amount of money that is too much for you to deal with.
Using that (excess) money to make a difference in people's lives is a much more effective way to help people than giving them a lump sum.
If you really wanted to help people, use that money properly, go build schools in third world countries, set up some foundations, scholarships, support causes and organizations that make a difference to people's lives by giving them opportunities.
By doing this, you will help a hell of a lot more people than you would by giving a few lump sums to people who would most likely just buy stuff, which in a way is giving them help, but not the type of help I suspect you're hinting at.
People need opportunities, not hand outs, money like that could provide a multitude of opportunities to a multitude of people.
Imagination is not a fanciful word, it's a powerful tool.
I'd still get my Porsche though :)
And a few more kites...
