If you had gobs of money...........

[gini]

If you had gobs of money - through inheritance - hard work - or winning the lottery - would you give it away?

Who would you give it to - and how would you do it?

[Marigold2]

I would open a no kill animal shelter and use money to prosecute the low lives that abuse animals.

I would travel the world and shop, shop, shop.

I would build several homes, one in England and one in Switzerland, one in Australia.

I would give some money to my friends and children but most would go to my new animal shelter.

[Catlady711]

If I had gobs of money I wouldn't give all of it away, but a big portion of it would go to my church, our local animal shelter, and my mom. The rest of it would probably go into CD's or something (bank CD's not music CD's lol).

[kuhio98]

I'd put it in a trust or some sort of interest-bearing account and designate iMOM or some other animal resceue place as the beneficiary.

[slick]

If I had gobs of money I would give some of it away in this order:

1. To the bank (pay off my mortgage & line of credit)
2. To my Mom (to pay off what I owe her)
3. To Visa and American Express (don't need to explain these)
4. To VOKRA (Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue) - big donation
5. To VRRA (Vancouver Rabbit Rescue & Advocacy) - big donation
6. To Hearts on Noses (Pot Belly Pig rescue) - big donation
7. To BC Cancer Research Centre - big donation

The rest would be invested. With the gobs of interest I'd made, I'd buy a new car and of course travel.

Thanks for the dream. Now I'm back.....

[CountryWolf07]

Pay off student loans... that's the first thing I would do.

[slick]

If I had gobs of money I would give some of it away in this order:

1. To the bank (pay off my mortgage & line of credit)
2. To my Mom (to pay off what I owe her)
3. To Visa and American Express (don't need to explain these)
4. To VOKRA (Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue) - big donation
5. To VRRA (Vancouver Rabbit Rescue & Advocacy) - big donation
6. To Hearts on Noses (Pot Belly Pig rescue) - big donation
7. To BC Cancer Research Centre - big donation

The rest would be invested. With the gobs of interest I'd made, I'd buy a new car and of course travel.

Thanks for the dream. Now I'm back.....

Reading other responses reminded me of that the real #1 would be.....
Quit my job!!!!

[Pam]

The rest of it would probably go into CD's or something (bank CD's not music CD's lol).

LOL! That would be a lot of music! I would fix my son and daughter and their families for life! I would also fix hubby and myself for life! HA! I would give 1/10 to my church (a tithe). I am assuming you are talking about a limitless amount of money. Wow! What a thought! LOL!

[carole]

No i wouldn't give it away, i would see to it that my family came first and make sure everyone was living a comfortable life,Then my friends, i then would use the rest to do good things for people and animals, opening a special cattery for unwanted cats would be my first on the list, i certainly would use my money to help others in need absolutely.

I forgot to add i would open my dream cafe, one that sells only low fat food, delicious of course.

[smokey the elder]

(In no particular order)

Put a bunch in a charitable annuity, so I can get interest and the charity gets the principle on my One Fine Day.

Make an outright gift to my rescue group to put a down payment on a shelter.

Make sure my mom who has Alzheimer's is well cared for.

Update my kitchen, bathroom and basement.

Invest a bunch in alternative energy stocks.

Make a "pilgrimage" to Lambeau Field to see my beloved Packers!

[gini]

If I had gobs of money I wouldn't give all of it away, but a big portion of it would go to my church, our local animal shelter, and my mom. The rest of it would probably go into CD's or something (bank CD's not music CD's lol).

This made me laugh - because at first I too, thought you meant music CD's.........and I thought - WOW, what a passion for music.

I never shared what I would do with gobs of money. I would fund my niece's college funds - help my family - and then I would set up a foundation to fund scholarships for needy kids. Education - our whole future lies in people being well educated.

I don't think I would go nuts - but you never know do you? And I probably never will know - HA HA!

[davidpizzica]

This is real for me. Pretty soon I'll be getting a good amount of money from my car accident settlement. With some of it I'll buy a new HD LCD tv set, a laptop, a new stove ( I can finally COOK again!) and the rest to be invested and some put in my bank account.

[anna_66]

First thing I would do would be to pay off all our debt and our families debt.

I'm not sure exactly what organizations I would donate to, but just off the top of my head would be cancer research, alzheimer's and our local shelters.

After all that I'd make sure we got tickets to every NASCAR race we wanted to go to! We'd be NASCAR groupies

[momoffuzzyfaces]

After taxes, I'd give half of it to my brother. He has done so much for me, I can never repay him!!! I'd give some to the Feed the Children's Abandon baby center. I would buy myself a good used car. The rest I would hang onto until I decided what to do with it.