Sunday, September 28, 2008

What Would You do with $700 Billion?

That's a lot of money. Instead of buying toxic mortgages and golden parachutes; I would buy some things that helps "main street." And by main street, I mean any street that I am on; which is usually never called main street. I would like to hear from all of you ass well. What would you buy with $700 billion?

Amanda's $700 billion purchases:
I would first pay off my student loans; and maybe Andy's too (if he's nice). I would buy a house. Maybe a nice little bungalow with a second story on top. Definitely with with a second story. I might remodel it some. There would surely be a greyhound in that house, maybe a small pack of them. Then I would take Andy and travel around the world. I've always wanted to go to Egypt. I would visit all my family that is far away. When we're tired traveling, I would create a fund to benefit educational initiatives and improve elementary and middle school education in the United States. I would probably also buy a really nice bike and spend a lot more time biking around.

I'm not sure if that puts much of a dent in $700 billion but it's a start. There's probably a lot more other things I would do, but I can begin to fathom right now how much money that is.