Pushing the button

[McAvoy]

People are idiots when it comes to money or at least that is what the media says. How many people who have won the lottery haven't made themselves bankrupt? I know a few people who would spend it all to have fun with the full intent on going back to their crappy job a year later and they would be fine about it.

[kostmayer]

A cruise would drive me nuts, but I'd definitely book passage on a cargo ship and bugger off round the world. After that, either a log cabin in Alaska or a tin airfield somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

[Graham Kennedy]

Interesting how many people are voting to use their millions to attain physical isolation. I wonder why?

[Tsukiyumi]

Only speaking for myself, but if I could, I'd avoid the vast majority of people altogether.

[Teaos]

The idea of a ranch, 100 miles from everyone else but still able to have access to a decent sized city is ideal for me.

[Reliant121]

I'd want to put a very large amount of the money into a savings account with high interest. If I won...say £100million, keep 20 million for spending and the rest in a savings account with...I dont know, 5% interest? I'd happily live off £400,000 a year.

As for property, Id like to build my own house not far from a big city but just distant enough to be remote. I like cities. but I also like isolation.

[Teaos]

I want to be able to get to a largeish size town with in about 4 hours but big cities hold no appeal for me.

[Mikey]

There's no need for all that breakdown and planning. With, say, $5 million, one could easily pay off most of their current middle-class-type debt; set up a few 523 plans so that the kids' education is taken care of; and without getting too fancy, set up a couple of zero-coupon investment ladders with income return rather than gain. The sort of income you could get from a properly-formed ladder like that from a "mere" $1 mil start-up would be considerably more than the average upper-middle-class income, with leftover liquid assets to buy the toys.

I think the charity aspect is a crutch most folks would use to assuage their feelings of guilt and weakness for actually pushing the button.

[Teaos]

True. I'm buying out my guilt. What's wrong with that? It helps my murdering arse sleep at night.

[McAvoy]

Bah. People die every day.

[Mikey]

Bah. People die every day.

Which, you'll note, is another of the rationalizations I mentioned that I'd expect.

[McAvoy]

Bah. People die every day.

Which, you'll note, is another of the rationalizations I mentioned that I'd expect.

But... I put a smilie next to it. So its all good now.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Every time I see this topic, I'm reminded of the end of MST3K...

"Push the button, Frank."

[Mikey]

Every time I see this topic, I'm reminded of the end of MST3K...

"Push the button, Frank."

Where the hell is the damned "Like" button?

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

It feels good to be appreciated.