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Just a wonder on how you'd spend it. I'd probably buy up some land and build a nice village or town kind of similar to Poundbury. I'd probably sell houses at a fair price but only to people who send in a CV and seem to be upstanding people who actually want to work and be a part of a community, as well as giving them a mortgage Then I'd have a nice mansion and pretend to be a Lord where I can look over my wonderful tenants and maybe buy them Christmas gifts and send them birthday cards. Help them out if they need it.

Basically what some Lords did centuries ago but probably more kinder. Oh, and the place will be built with nice old timey architecture as well. Probably cobble streets because screw cars lmao. I just want to give people a nice life I guess as well as LARP as nobility

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Establish a trust dedicated to effectively and efficiently using the funds to advance my goals.

What are my goals? They’re centered around public health, housing, the environment, equality and justice.

Feels like wishful thinking, but then, so does winning 5 billion GBP…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Build a workers coop for lots of types of businesses and then gift them ownership stakes in it after working for 5 years.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (2 children)
  1. Pay off the remainder on my mortgage.
  2. Pay off my parents' mortgage.
  3. Buy a new house that is large enough for my family to live comfortably in, without being ostentatious.
  4. Give my old home to my in-laws. They could use it.
  5. Set up a fund that produces enough interest for me and my family to live off of in perpetuity. $4 million in an account that produces 5.5% interest annually would be $220,000 (pre-tax) every year, which is plenty for our needs.
  6. Set up a foundation to help the poor, fund environmental projects, support social justice causes, and so on with all of the rest.

I do not need $6 billion. No one does. I don't want it. It would ruin me. The absolute best thing I could do with it is dedicate the overwhelming majority of it to causes I believe in, rather than hoarding it or buying a bunch of stupid shit.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'll tell you what I'd do, man. two chicks at the same time. And I think if I had 5 billion pounds I could hook that up, cause chicks dig a dude with money.

Truthfully though I'd hook my family up bigtime for probably the next few hundred years and start hiring experts on how to deal with that kind of basically at least to me infinite money.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hook your family up... With two chicks each???

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Sounds reasonable. Now about this “family” designation . . .

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Buy the entire Supreme Court of the United States.

Dunno what I'd do with the other $6.415 billion though. Maybe start buying Congress members?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Call a national account and law firm to set the money up in a way that minimises the amount of tax owed for ongoing years.

Call some wholesale investment fund managers and invest a several hundred mill in each.

Trust funds for the family with liveable stipends. Gets replenished by the wholesale fund dividends.

Finally get my drivers licence sorted and see where the wife wants to visit.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

There's an anime based on this idea. Higashi no Eden

But I would try to raise the quality of life of those in my circle and hopefully others. I like to think ~6 billion is a lot of cash but it won't be enough to help everyone directly. So I would probably need to pick a few issues and start up an charity focused around the ideas of solving issues with censorship, access to the internet and providing a safe haven to oppressed lgbt individuals.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Pay off debts, secure a home paid off in full for my family with enough land that we can grow our own food, get new bike, and roam the world surreptitiously helping people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Pay off all my debts and set the rest on fire

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

I don't know... that would almost be enough to buy property on the outskirts of London

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

quit my job and go out to eat. real creative i know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Step one, have the best meal of your life *so far *

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