I would look for crown land that would be suitable for vegitable farming and attempt to lease it from the government on one of those 99 year for a dollar set ups. I would also look for donations from farm equipment dealers and provide charitable contribution receipts for goods donated. Buy, if I can't get them donated a couple of buses to move people around in. And start up a co-op for those with income below say $25,000 per year and have those people work the gardens to grow food to supplement and even better, replace what they would get should they go to a food bank.

Perhaps I could even get status as a work training centre and be able to take on those who are interested from the welfare rolls and be able to teach them skills in landscaping and agriculture.

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but you had to spend it on others how would you spend it?

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Perhaps I could even get status as a work training centre and be able to take on those who are interested from the welfare rolls and be able to teach them skills...

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My Boss: www.sanctuary.bc.ca

not going to make a million working for them, but might help that many people.

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HEY! That's not nice, Slick Willy!

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As one goes though life, one finds that it is very difficult to actually 'help' someone else. And that throwing money at a problem rarely solves that problem.

Sadly, socialists rarely figure that out. One million becomes two, two becomes four. Then, there is an election!

So...the money. I would buy an Island somewhere in the South. I would donate it to Canada, as a flee the winter province. That could, would, solve much of the problem of living here.

(BTW this was for saskzen.)

Let's see, first, I would buy a REALLY big building hear in the Sault and use it for cheap appartments. I'd charge like a couple of pennies for rent (that way it's a slap in the face to capitalism! It just wouldn't be as funny if it were free The pennies, BTW, would go into a "take a penny-leave a penny" tray in the lobby), I'd make sure someone with plumbing and utilities skills also lived in the building, and everyone would (should) pitch in to make it all work. So that should eliminate the low-cost housing issue for the Sault!

Anything left I'd give to Rabble, NPI (do they accept donations?), ANC (but Mbeki is pissing me off, so it might go to PAC or only the SACP part of the ANC) or SWAPO. Or all four

Ohw, I just realized I don't actually have a million dollars.

Hmmm...

You are about to be assaulted from both the right and the left. Art?!? This is no time to be funding art!!!

Alas, by that logic there never has been a time to be funding art, and the future is not looking good either.

Oh yeah, we have to spend it on others. In that case, I'd just hand it over to an NGO (probably the United Way) which has far better organizational skills than myself. I'm not competent enough to make the kind of triage decisions a million dollar endowment would require.

I would buy my niece from her mother... she'd probably relinquish her parental rights for $150k, and have my aunt take official custody of her, move her to the ranch too.

Then I would buy horses and country music (:P) CDs for her, and have an area of the ranch dedicated to animal welfare. They could rehabilitate abused animals and run a low-cost spay and neuter no-kill shelter.

I would have an organic hydroponic greenhouse there for her to grow all of her veggies.

Imagine, a left winger driving a BMW Z3.

As with the rest, dunno. Would have to worry about myself first. Would have the bills paid off. Finished with school. Probably invest it in retirement funds. Probably sink some of it into research & development in sciences and technology.

Naaaah!

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Michelle, do not feed the animals. And tell the little one to keep the hands in.

As for the original post, I guess I would use some of it to pay off my mortgage, go on a nice little trip, invest some of it, and donate at least 10% of it to start up some scholarships for inner city children to go to camp or other events.

Anyway, the "but you have to spend it on someone else clause" doesn't necessarily preempt selfishness in my book. How many times have we bought gifts for others with ourselves in mind? Thought so.

At this point, I'd buy my family new cars, pay for my little brothers' education, invest some so my dad could quit working (he's sick,) and give the rest to people who actually need it. I mean, we got the Samaritan's Purse 'catalog' in the mail. For $100, you can provide a family with shelter. Shelter, which is tarps and a corrugated tin roof.

Fishing
Fighting
and F**king

And in the winter, you can't fish.