If everyone just decided to stop working until wealth was more evenly distributed, what would give first?
541824
Most of the working-class will starve to death before the wealthy will see any problem.\n\nAnd the governments won't see the problem, since the wealthy are in parliament/congress/senate/presidency.
421181
if i was older, i would probably retire. if not, i would get a random job that sounded fun. not for the money, just for the experience.
41452
A billion dollars is stupid money. I'd keep $200million and give the rest away to deserving causes. I would be more than happy with what I had left and living off the interest. As daft as it may sound, I think knowing the rest had gone where it's most needed would provide more satisfaction than the whole billion could buy.
873502
First, get a billion dollars
1113628
I always said if I won some major cash I would give a portion to a homeless family .\n\nI would had a financial planner invest some in stocks and etc.\n\nPut some in the bank and live off the interest.  Maybe travel a little
1110644
Where do I begin? First I'd pay off all my bills, then I would start giving away to my family and friends, then I would probably just start handing money out on the street to people!\nI don't think I could just spend it on myself. It wouldn't be any fun not to share with people I care about.
310822
I would start at home. I would walk my dogs across the fields to my favourite pub, have a pint of Old Peculiar, walk home and have a simple meal with my wife and kids, then cuddle up with them in front of the fire to watch a movie we all love, and I would give the $100,000,000 to Live 8, because it simply isn't enough to pay for the day I've just had
661496
give away all your money, and have kids.
1108016
depends ... do you whanna make money or give it all away..
1152710
How about investing it in your first mutual fund, then adding to it as often as you can?  Then you can retire a millionaire instead of retiring as a poor man.
1065875
you ask a very interesting question I have wondered about too.  It could go 1 of 2 ways I think.\n\nThe first way could be that people knew they only had to depend on themselves and become much better at conservation, saving money for rainy days, and teaching the value of the dollar to their kids.\n\nThe other way would be the very poor who lost everything would be very jealous and angry at the rich, it could start wars, much more crime and things could get ugly.\n\nWhat I think would happen is both ways.  I think the conservative, value conscious people would save and work hard and hope for the best in a disaster, and some would steal and hurt others in order to steal what they needed.
1049460
The big one would be income tax. If you haven't had a job yet, you'll now what I mean. \nThen there's social security tax, property tax, fuel tax, capital gains tax, tobacco tax, the list goes on and on...
196664
no more welfare\nmake more state and fed workers work after laying off about 2/3 of them that are not needed
844291
The only path from struggle to wealth is to spend less than you make, it really is that simple.\n\nIf your boss came to you tomorrow and said "I can either lay you off or give you a ten percent paycut, your choice...", most likely you would take the paycut.  So give yourself a paycut! When a check comes, regardless of the bills and the rent, take ten percent off the top and invest it in a broad market fund.  (Something like 'Spiders', maybe...)\n\nPay off all your debt (smallest first until it's gone, then the next, etc.)\n\nDon't amass any more debt.\n\nNever drive a new car.\n\nNever pay for coffee someone else made!
293152
a decent car would be first. then a house, odds and ends, and i would put the rest in a saving account to draw interest.
600212
i would say honor the retirement age , there are a lot of young people that need to work that can't find jobs . But it would be hard to honor the age if you didn't plan for retirement and have no choice .
469307
b, but i'd invest the rest so i could live off the interest and never have to work again... in which case i'd become a student for life