If you were the richest man on earth, how would you spend your wealth?

Philippines
October 12, 2009 10:51pm CST
Whats up guys..may i have your opinons regarding this matter? Just as i woke up this morning, i heared news about the distructions of typhoons striked the Philippines. It came to my mind that If I were the richest man on earth, i would extend my help by providing food, and ask for a rescue operations on the victims and I will sponsor there needs because nothing has left with them. How about you? What will you do if you were the richest man? Im glad to hear from you....
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@jbrooks0127 (2324)
• United States
13 Oct 09
In order to be effective in providing aid to anyone regardless if it be what you refer to, or all of the other people in the world that need help, one of the most important things would be to establish a fund that would continue to produce income so that the aid you provide would never end. It is very difficult to realize what all the money in the world would really be. How rich is rich? Everyone defines that a bit different. One thing is for certain....the need is great. Not only in the far east but world wide. Far greater than could ever be funded by one person. But by taking that money and have in generate money that would then be available to agency's it would do far greater good in the long run. By the way the richest man in the world does just that. He and his wife created a foundation that provides assistance world wide and that money is considerable. That foundation is called the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) and is the largest transparently operated[5] private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance health care and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology. The foundation has an endowment of US$35.1 billion as of October 1, 2008. This would be the way I would help people worldwide if I could.
@daliaj (5674)
• India
13 Oct 09
This is an interesting question. If I were the richest person in life, I will still be unhappy thinking about making more money. I will also worried that if somebody will replace my rank in the near future. That is how the mind of a normal man works. If he doesn't have good clothes, he wishes to have good clothes, once he have clothes, he wishes to have expensive or branded clothes, and the wishes will never end. On the other way, these wishes are the ones which help each man keeps going in his life.