Brewster's billions, I can make a better world game.

[missbhaven]

Inspired by 2 threads I am partaking in (Mallie's first prosperity game and Mallie's second game ), I've decided to to make a tread about a step above and a step below. This shall be my step above thread.

Everytime I play this game I feel like I am in Brewster's Millions.

Brewster is challenged to either take $1 million upfront or spend $30 million within 30 days to inherit $300 million. If he chooses the former, the law firm becomes executor of the estate and divides the money among charities (after taking a sizable fee). In the latter case, after 30 days, he must spend the entire $30 million within one month under the following rules:
1.) With the exception of those who saw the will reading, Brewster cannot reveal to anyone the will's terms. He may only tell everyone else he inherited $30 million.
2.) Brewster must spend the money on tangible items. If anything he buys accrues value, such as an investment that earns money, that is considered part of the money he inherited and he must spend that as well.
3.) Directly giving away money is capped at 10%, split between 5% in gambling losses and another 5% maximum to be donated to charity.
4.) Brewster may not willfully damage anything he buys with the money.
5.) After 30 days, he may not own any assets that are not already his.(in other words, nothing but "the clothes on his back")
If any of these rules are violated, the challenge is forfeited, all money goes to the law firm and Brewster will be left with nothing. Despite the tempting offer just to "wimp out" and walk away with the $1 million, especially after the law firm reveals that they already did a background check on him and showed that the highest annual salary he ever earned was $11,000 while a member of the Toledo Mud Hens, Monty decides to take the $30 million challenge. Angela Drake (Lonette McKee), a paralegal from the firm, must accompany him to keep tabs on all spending.

I was looking at my spending behaviors and realized at millions it's still (albeit middle class luxurious) survival and taking care of the immediate circle around me. But what if I was in the richest 1%?
So I got to thinking, many big projects out there cost more than a billion dollars now. I read to give a metropolitan city a new light rail public transit system was about $100 Billion. Would I be any better than those people that we protest against?

30 days would lead me to $465 billion in total. (correct me if I am wrong, I only did the tally once).

I sit and think of how I would feel after spending $465 billion in 30 days and I feel powerful, vibrant, confident, fiercely alive and definitely driven to try it all again. Strangely different than the feelings of comfort and relaxation in the millionaire game. I wouldnt mind keeping in the billionaire mind set, it is more intuned with how I would like to feel now. Plus some loa techniques suggest focusing on the end result. I can't help but think about the legacy I could leave behind.


So rules of the game are somewhat the same.
You start with $1 billion, you must spend it all in one day. Each day another billion will be added onto your total amount to spend ending with 30 billion on the 30th day.

Brewster's twists:
No saving
Only 10% to simply given to charities, though creating and financing a specialized a not-for-profit company is ok.
You leave with nothing you own, but are given rights to use all you've created/financed.





Let's get imaginative here.
I'm thinking on using certain aspects of life that are often forgotten or are being marketed as a profitable enterprise rather than a right as stated by the UN.

What if you could be like the government? Create your own micro nation?
I don't think all countries make that in a year ,what could you do?
What infrastructure would you develop if you simply had the money at your disposal?

I hope that by simply playing this game I will start to see an increase of more positive money uses news than that of corporate greed.

[desertrat]

Ok I think I understand , I saw that movie many years ago . I saw an island for sale on e bay , it may f been $3-4 bil. buy it , a boat , lots of beer , a secound boat , some genarators , sound and video eq. invite some people for a party on the island . At the partys end give the island to a party goer , one boat to another , give the secound boat to the guy at the dock . You can put some money in Swiss numbered accounts and forget the number . desert rat