If you had a million dollars to give to charity, which charity would you give to?
I don’t think I would give it to any charity, I would want more of the money to go towards doing something meaningful. Not that charities are bad, but you would have to understand that a large portion of the money would go towards overhead in staffing, operational expenses, etc.I think I would try to do something that wouldn’t nessecarily have an immediate & tangible impact, but maybe something more lasting or memorable.When I came back from working overseas where I had been working for a long time helping military servicemembers and their families, well, I found myself in a situation that put me in a situation where I needed help, and I was in the hospital for a bit of time, I don’t remember how long I was there, but it was through the holidays.I am not exactly sure who organized this, but as I was laying there with an IV attached to me and other things that were to monitor my vitals and such I think, these little kids who were probably 5, 6, or 7 years old walk these envelopes to those of us on that floor. In these little envelopes were these little. cards, and the children had drawn a picture on their cards, and in their best effort, wrote us messages, thanking us for helping keep everything safe for them.When you are laying in the hospital with nothing but time to drown yourself in self pity, sadness, pain…probably thoughts and feelings that put you very far away from where you wish you were in your mind — a gesture like that, that isn’t connected to money, has no motive, has a way of making you feel good. Not good, like “gaining” or “earning” or even how you feel when someone remembers to say happy birthday. I felt a sincere happiness, appreciating those who pass this on, because as much as I won’t forget it, it’s also going to be a memory that, even just a tiny, tiny bit, will be a part of their character.So, with that money, I would wan’t as much of that money as possible, %99.5 sounds good, go toward taking one holiday — let’s use the 4th of July, which mean nothing, the Chinese invented/discovered fireworks, but instead of shooting symbols of China’s inginuity into the air, I would bring together what I think makes America great, that as flawed as we are, it doesn’t deter us from trying, and celebrating that. That would be just an amazing thing, if that ever happened.
How much do you earn in interest if you put $1 million in a U.S. bank?
Usually a bank account limit is set at what is federally insured, the amount being $250,000. But if you're looking at interest rates, Bank of America will pay a 5% annual interest rate on money you hold in your checking account or savings account, which would net $50,000 a year. But then you would have to pay taxes on it, which would fall into the capital gains tax rate of 15%, if you waited for 1 year and a day before withdrawing each year. Then you would have only $42,500 every year.Still, 5% is disgustingly small. I could easily make upwards of 50% in one year, and have done so or better for a long time. But then, I have a stock trading/commodities skillset with 16-17 years of experience and learning...
How much room or space does a billion dollars take up.?
jdimieri almost got it right, but he calculated the volume of a million bills rather than a billion. Using the dimensions he gives 6.14 in x 2.61 in x 0.0043 in one billion one-dollar bills would occupy a volume of 68,909,220 cubic inches = 39878 cubic feet This could fit in a cube of dimensions 34.16 feet on a side. In other words, it would take the space of a large house filled floor-to-ceiling with bills. The largest bill in circulation today is the $100 bill. If we wanted to store the billion dollars more compactly with $100 bills, it would occupy 689092 cubic inches = 398.8 cubic feet This would occupy a cube of dimensions 7.36 feet on a side. It would easily fit in a small room, as xjavabotx said. A small box used by moving companies holds about 1.5 cubic feet; so for a billion dollars in $100 bills, you would need about 266 small moving boxes (all very tightly packed). If you want to carry a billion dollars, you're better off taking priceless jewels. Paper bills are too bulky, and gold is too heavy. Gold today is $881 per troy ounce, or $803 per ounce avoirdupois. A billion dollars in gold would weigh 38.9 tons (U.S.). According to http://www.diamondse.info/blog/2005/11/u... here's a description of the world's most expensive diamond for sale online: "It's a 12.25 carat Pear Shape loose diamond with D color and IF (Internally Flawless) clarity. Measuring in at 20.44mm x 13.39mm x 7.49mm and a whopping $832,507.00 price tag!" That works out to $6.65 million per cubic inch. If you could fill 150 cubic inches with similar gems, you'd have a billion dollars' worth. This would fit in a few pockets, and that sure beats lugging around 39 tons of gold. The value and compactness of jewels makes them a favorite for dictators and nobility fleeing revolutions.
How many pennies would it take to save one thousand dollars?
are you asking how many pennies equal $1000? its 100,000
Pros and Cons of Interest Groups?
Arguments Pros No one who accepts money from someone else is truly free to serve the public good in a fair-minded way. Running for election in the USA costs millions of dollars, needed to pay for a campaign organisation and television advertisements. When a politician relies on huge sums of money contributed by an interest group in order to run, his or her vote will naturally be influenced by the wishes of that organisation rather than by what is best for the country. Cons If a politician depended on only one source of funding, undue influence might be a possibility. But so many interest groups are active in Washington that politicians gets contributions from dozens, if not hundreds, of them. The influence of any one group, therefore is tiny; even a contribution of $10 000 is only a “drop in the bucket” when campaigns cost millions. In fact a bigger problem is the rise of very rich politicians (e.g. Steve Forbes, Michael Bloomberg, Jon Corzine). The funding interest groups can provide to talented but hard-up politicians means that elections are not dominated by the very wealthy. Pros The size of campaign donations has become so large that donors certainly expect some kind of payback. A manufacturers’ association will not give $100 000 away just as a gesture of good will; it expects to see its concerns favourably addressed in Congress. And what is good for a particular group of manufacturers may well be bad for the wider public interest. For example, protective tariffs (import taxes) on foreign compestitors may raise prices for consumers. Weaker health and safety rules may be bad for employees. Cons Charges of unfair influence are often vague and unsupported by facts. Watchdog organisations like to make statistical links between donations and votes, but that is not real evidence that votes have been “bought”. Don’t forget that actually buying votes is a crime and is vigorously prosecuted. Recently both lobbyists (e.g. Jack Abramoff) and politicians (e.g William Jefferson) have been found guilty and punished for giving and taking bribes. This shows the system works and will deter others from acting in the same way.
Do FBI agents make good money ?!?
Ok please I need real facts here, ok so I want to be a FBI agent it's what I really want but I don't want to be in it if they pay you like $40,000 dollars a year I want to make at least $110,000 a year I want to have businesses also. People say be a doctor but i think it's to much years of school yes you make money but by the time you get out you'll be old but with money is there anything that is very well paying without going like 15 years to school. Another thing is that I suck at math so I can't be a engineer? The reason why I brought out FBI is because a person and other people I know said that it's a lie the government pays little money to FBI agents they don't make $100,000 thousand dollars a year they said I'll be lucky to get at least $40,000 - 60,000 dollars a year is this true??? They said government are liars??!! Help and please answer all questions I'll reward with points (10PTS)!! Will I be able to make a million dollars or more..??
Billionaires: What would happen if the world's richest men donated $1 million to every inhabitant on earth?
People would burn the money, or make bookshelves out of it."Inflation" is an abstraction; let's step through this. A million dollars a piece is distributed to each of 7 billion people. There's a store down the street with some chickens in stock.Now everybody can afford a chicken! The shop-keeper can do the Right Thing and keep the prices where they were. Poof - he sells all his chickens in one day. (Who doesn't want a chicken? Besides - there's a rumor that things might sell out, because everyone can afford stuff now.)So the shops that hold prices steady quickly run out of stock. They call their chicken distributor but are told, "sorry, we've been getting calls all morning. Can we back to you?"Damn. No more chickens.The Evil Chicken Shop across town says, "now wait a minute. Since everybody's out of chickens - I'm going to sell mine for ... a half million dollars each! Don't like it, f- you. Good luck finding a chicken."At first you balk. No way am i spending a half million for a chicken. But your family is getting hungry. Maybe it's not such a bad idea, until this chicken thing blows over.And there's another problem with the chickens. The truck drivers who were supposed to deliver what few chickens remain didn't show up for work. They are drunk in Aruba celebrating their new-found wealth. Who wants to drive chickens around if they don't have to?Damn. This so did not work out. You're rich but a chicken cost a half million bucks.Oh? The half million-dollar chicken place just ran out because people got hungry. Now chickens are 750,000.Better gas up quick before you go buy one. There's a huge line and gas is $250,000 a gallon. They tried to hold prices down but ..,
If you make $100,000 a year, how much do you net per month?
A rule of thumb is that you will lose 30% to assorted taxes. so $70K / 12 = $5,833