If You Were a Billionaire for Five Hours

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Man Finds 88 BILLION in His Bank Account

If You Were a Billionaire for Five Hours

When Paul Fischer checked his bank account Friday night, he had a happy surprise. His balance had exploded to $88,888,888,888.88. A very lucky number indeed, and close to $89 billion.

Of course, the balance was a technical error by SunTrust Bank , which quickly fixed the problem. It also may have occurred in other accounts.

"You say, 'Eighty-eight billion, what can I do with that?'" said Mr. Fischer, who owns a jewelry concessionaire for Florida theme parks. "Maybe a handful of us could have brought down SunTrust Bank."

Mr. Fischer had other ideas as well. Before the problem was fixed, he asked a SunTrust rep if he could move the money to an interest-bearing account until it was reclaimed and donate the interest to charity. Total interest: more than $7.3 million.

The bank said no.

The money was stripped out of his account by Saturday morning.

"It's all gone. I'm poor again," he said. "I was a billionaire for five hours."

This kind of bank error happens frequently.

Question for AMT Peeps....

What if, for five hours, you truly did have $89 billion?
What would you do with the money? The ground rules are that you would have to give the money back — and whatever you bought or invested with it — after five hours.


Peace

unsung

Russian and Estonian ladies of the night

WaveCameCrashin

what's the point if you have to give it back ?
But on the other hand I have always thought about what I would do If I did win the powerball.

here goes.
1.I would take care of my parents. I would buy them a home and make sure they never had to work again.
2. give to several differnt charities.( surfrider foundation,march of dimes,ect ect.
3 travel all over the world. 1st stop the surf station in St. Augustine to pick up a quiver of Al Merricks and then off to the South Pacific.

TriumphantAngel

burn it.

it’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message. everything burns.

Brock Samson

TriumphantAngel wrote:

burn it.

it’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message. everything burns.

lame

if i had that much money, i'd hire someone to slap you :twisted:

TriumphantAngel

moe.ron wrote:

TriumphantAngel wrote:

burn it.

it’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message. everything burns.

lame

if i had that much money, i'd hire someone to slap you :twisted:

why so serious?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqcbgSpHMFs

Brock Samson

TriumphantAngel wrote:

moe.ron wrote:

TriumphantAngel wrote:

burn it.

it’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message. everything burns.

lame

if i had that much money, i'd hire someone to slap you :twisted:

why so serious?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqcbgSpHMFs

glad to see you knew i didn't really mean what i said.

g under p

TriumphantAngel wrote:

moe.ron wrote:

TriumphantAngel wrote:

burn it.

it’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message. everything burns.

lame

if i had that much money, i'd hire someone to slap you :twisted:

why so serious?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqcbgSpHMFs

That was too cool. Everything Burns. NICE

Peace

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g under p wrote:

Man Finds 88 BILLION in His Bank Account

Mr. Fischer had other ideas as well. Before the problem was fixed, he asked a SunTrust rep if he could move the money to an interest-bearing account until it was reclaimed and donate the interest to charity. Total interest: more than $7.3 million.

What a brilliant idea!

This thread kinda reminds me of Brewster's Millions... except different.

Starfall

TriumphantAngel wrote:

burn it.

it’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message. everything burns.

I would buy Rupert Murdoch's empire, Rush Limbaugh's EIB, and all of the right wing media outlets, fire everyone and pay them a nice severance package, except upper management who get NOTHING, and THEN burn all of their facilities into the ground.

:twisted:

unsung

Starfall wrote:

TriumphantAngel wrote:

burn it.

it’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message. everything burns.

I would buy Rupert Murdoch's empire, Rush Limbaugh's EIB, and all of the right wing media outlets, fire everyone and pay them a nice severance package, except upper management who get NOTHING, and THEN burn all of their facilities into the ground.

:twisted:

Yes, typical of a lib. Silence those that don't agree with you, screw that 1st Amendment.

Starfall

unsung wrote:

Starfall wrote:

TriumphantAngel wrote:

burn it.

it’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message. everything burns.

I would buy Rupert Murdoch's empire, Rush Limbaugh's EIB, and all of the right wing media outlets, fire everyone and pay them a nice severance package, except upper management who get NOTHING, and THEN burn all of their facilities into the ground.

:twisted:

Yes, typical of a lib. Silence those that don't agree with you, screw that 1st Amendment.

Haha, you obviously forgot how Rupert Murdoch built up his empire. Or that Rush Limbaugh takes advantage of a monopolistic system where he's heard everywhere and no opposition point of view gets heard. The famously liberal and pro-union Ed Schultz couldn't get a foothold in the heavily unionized city of Pittsburgh because he's being locked out.
Besides, there's enough right wing voices in a typical market. CNN just hired the infamous right wing blogger Erick Erickson, for instance. The Washington Post has BIll Kristol and Charles Krauthammer. Even "liberal" MSNBC has a former Republican congressman hosting its morning show, ferchrissakes. And the "liberal" NY Times has Peggy Noonan.

All I'm doing is destroying the monopoly. Don't you right wing nutjobs believe in competition?

Then again that's typical of a wingnut - only apply rules to the people you don't agree with. Pay lip service to the Constitution, but undermine its intent.

haffajappa

i'd buy my dad the restaurant he's always wanted.......
donate a shitload of it to SPCA and to the BC Childrens hospital so they can build their new building
and donate a bunch more to other charities....





then i would buy a plane ticket and fake passport and leave some place no one could find me
and NOT give the money back

bren_cocol

1-help Africa
2-rescue all the animals on the street and give they a place
3-buy a lot of instruments and books

blackredyellow

Can we do it "Brewster's Million" style and just turn in receipts at the end?

WaveCameCrashin

It's nice to see starfall's true colors coming out. Silence those whom you disagree with. Spoken like a true leftist statist,I bet you hope to see the fairness doctrine get passed. Well keep dreaming cos it wil never happen.

markin ball

Very quickly hire Pearl Jam to play a free show for fan club members and pay for air fare and hotels for everybody.

FiveB247x

Why does one person's comments or opinion on a message board somehow represent an entire group? Seems pretty silly.

prfctlefts wrote:

It's nice to see starfall's true colors coming out. Silence those whom you disagree with. Spoken like a true leftist statist,I bet you hope to see the fairness doctrine get passed. Well keep dreaming cos it wil never happen.

Byrnzie

Starfall wrote:

TriumphantAngel wrote:

burn it.

it’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message. everything burns.

I would buy Rupert Murdoch's empire, Rush Limbaugh's EIB, and all of the right wing media outlets, fire everyone and pay them a nice severance package, except upper management who get NOTHING, and THEN burn all of their facilities into the ground.

:twisted:

:P

Byrnzie

prfctlefts wrote:

It's nice to see starfall's true colors coming out. Silence those whom you disagree with. Spoken like a true leftist statist,I bet you hope to see the fairness doctrine get passed. Well keep dreaming cos it wil never happen.

He was being facetious. I suggest you quit your constant complaining and go looking for your sense of humour. I reckon it's to be found submerged somewhere within the airwaves of U.S Conservative television.

Starfall

prfctlefts wrote:

It's nice to see starfall's true colors coming out. Silence those whom you disagree with. Spoken like a true leftist statist,I bet you hope to see the fairness doctrine get passed. Well keep dreaming cos it wil never happen.

Oh great, another wingnut bonehead. Aside from you obviously missing the humor in my post, you keep forgetting that:

1. The Fairness Doctrine is still in the books. It was never repealed.
2. What the Fairness Doctrine actually does is mandate that stations that broadcast on PUBLIC airwaves be made to serve the interests of the PUBLIC. Which means that you can't broadcast propaganda and make it look like news, among other things.
3. The only people who want to "silence" others are the idiots on your side of the fence, who gin up false controversy and outright lies to stir up fear and hate, and to saturate the airwaves with the propaganda YOU approve of and block out other points of view.

Then again, the more astute posters here recognize where I"m coming from.