One of the questions I ask my radio interviewees before the show is: "What would you do with a billion dollars?" The answers range from "I would buy my mother a house" to "I would feed the children in North Korea." We all might have a basic idea of what a billion dollars can do, and I'm sure most of us wouldn't mind finding out. Oprah Winfrey is actually living that experience and we're pretty much aware of some of the ways in which she's putting her money to use. Be that as it may, I believe that every one of us would be able to envision what we would do with that kind of money, so let me pontificate, in a minute, on what I foresee doing with my first billion.
First let's bring the significance of having a billion dollars to the neighborhood. A person having that amount of money would be able to spend $1,000 an hour, every hour on the hour, for over 114 years. One could buy a total of 3,703 houses (for $270,00 each) which is an equivalent of purchasing 74 houses in each of the 50 states. An automobile aficionado could buy 20,000 motor vehicles costing $50,000 a piece. Invest that billion dollars at only 0.5% interest and one could earn hundreds of millions in the first year. That's a lot of money and it's incomprehensible to me how the U.S. government has an annual budget of almost 4 trillion, which is over 1 billion dollars a day, and still owes China and Japan over a trillion a piece. The majority of us can't even imagine what a billion dollars looks like, but I'm sure we can learn, from the mistakes of others, how not to go into debt once we get it.
What I'm going to do is to buy enough land to establish a retreat site for a yet undetermined number of families. It will be a free six month to one year program, with the option of staying indefinitely, and each family will having their own personal residence. While residing on this site, we will all participate in growing our own crops, raising our own livestock, building and managing our own schools, hospitals, and businesses, and all within the realm of the governmental policies of that as of yet undetermined locale. All of our constituents must adhere to the tenets of our governing body, and must refrain from lying, stealing, killing, sexual misconduct, and the taking of intoxicants that lead to recklessness and irresponsibility. There will be no set religious doctrine and/or denominational adherence, yet each person must be in accordance with some set of spiritual principles that require one to treat all others with love, honor, and respect. While in residence, and/or in good standing while in abstention, all members, of every age, will jointly own every economically related component situated on the premises, and will be directly involved in all aspects of both social and governmental undertakings.
Now this probably sounds like the conversation of a Socialistic idealist, or maybe even a Utopian fanatic. Be that as it may, it's our money and that's how we gon roll unless something better comes along. Check out the future blogs, maybe a couple of the radio shows and let me know of your ideas and what your plans are looking like, and in that way you'll be kept aware of what's going on at this end.
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