What would you do if you won 5 Billion GBP? (6.415450 billion USD) (feddit.uk)

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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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[-] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I would create a trust for my daughter, an annuity for my wife that includes payments for healthcare, and a separate fund for property tax and home maintenance to ensure my daughter has a residence and doesn't have to settle later in life.

Next, I would through my friend list (it's not big) and pay off mortgages for those that have them, and purchase homes outright for those that don't.

Finally, I would use the remaining funds to buy up and then forgive US medical debts for pennies on the dollar. This last one would probably exhaust the funds, but would have the broadest positive impact on people.

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