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In reply to the discussion: OK, just for fun. You just won the $400 million jackpot. What do you do? [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,168 posts)1. Pay off current mortgage...Love our house and where it is.
2. Buy a reliable car for me and one for Mr. Dixie...our cars are over 20 years old.
3. Fix a few things inside the house that need work, probably will cost less than 50 K.
4. Donate 10 grand to the local animal Shelter cause it needs repairs
5. Same to community library..it is losing funding source.
6. same to DU.
7. Give both adult sons a million, and watch carefully how they spend it. If they do ok, will give them more.
8. Give a chunk to Bernie.
9. Set up Scholarships at our local Community college....I have a great debt of gratitude to the CC system from years ago that changed my life and I owe a karma payment.
10 Give chunks to causes like Occupy's Debt relief programs.
11. Donate to the nearest Golden Retriever Rescue group, cause I do not have time/room to take in all their dogs tho I wish I could.
12. find a country with a sound economy, like Finland, and use their banks to save a big pile of what is left, for future needs and decisions.
Under no circumstances would I stash a huge amount in any US bank.