Imagine if Daddy left you a barrel of money?

[kentuck]

But you wanted another barrel of money to go with it...

How would you get it?

And what would be the quickest way for you to get another barrel of money?

If you do nothing with the money, it will only sit in the barrel and turn to dust. It will be of no benefit to you.

Would you invest it in the stock market?

Would you create your own bank and loan it out at a high interest?

Would you be a capitalist and build a factory and put people to work?

How would you make two barrels of money out of one?

[RandomThoughts]

1. If you had a barrel of money already, why would you need another.

Assuming it was the same money.


And I do understand that is also about talent. But in that verse, each talent is different, not just another barrel of money. That is a buy sell error in thinking.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. I'd hold a mirror up to it.

Do I win anything?

[RandomThoughts]

7. Brilliant.

:rofl:

Truly Brilliant.

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. hee! n/t

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[babylonsister]

4. If you mean "a BARREL" of money,

I'd be content with that. I'm not so greedy, a la' the likes of darth, that I just need to accumulate more, because you really can't take it with you.

But I don't have the greed gene either.

[kentuck]

9. You would not be a good capitalist, sister.

This is the point I was trying to make:

Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights. Nor is it denied that there is, and probably always will be, a relation between labor and capital producing mutual benefits.
-- Abraham Lincoln

[babylonsister]

14. And I would be the first to admit that, kentuck.

:hi:

[hlthe2b]

5. Apparently, become a RETHUG politician--buy yourself a

seat in Congress and follow the RETHUG play book... :mad:

[malaise]

13. Freaking perfect

:evilgrin:

[Codeine]

6. "Just one word. . .

Plastics."

[John Q. Citizen]

12. Amen!

[Edweird]

8. Bonds. Invest at intervals that would provide a consistent endless income.

[Fla_Democrat]

10. At this stage, that's a tough question

Would you invest it in the stock market? No

Would you create your own bank and loan it out at a high interest? No

Would you be a capitalist and build a factory and put people to work? I don't think so, unless a product comes to mind that would be in high demand.


I would prob invest in foreclosed property. Provided the selling price was more in line with the actual value of the property.


Then again, if I could turn one barrel of money into two, I could turn one bag into a barrel. :smoke:

[HughBeaumont]

11. I'd be like Steve Forbes and call the unemployed lazy and unmotivated!

"The only person separating some lazy bastard like you and a home-run hitter like ME is AMBITION!!! I have it and you don't, HHHYAAAHHH!"

[ejpoeta]

19. easy to have ambition when you have money. i'd say you have more

creativity when you have no money because you have to be able to juggle.... and you have to make a meal for 3 feed 4 or 5. you also have to multipurpose things as well and make things for one thing work for something else.

[Fumesucker]

15. Buy a politician or three..

It's the highest return on investment around, a few thousand dollars can easily net you millions in profit.

[indy legend]

18. ding..ding.. ding we have a winner. +1

[northernlights]

16. invest it in ordinary Americans

through one or two of the peer-to-peer lending sites that makes unsecured personal loans at comparatively low rates,cutting big middleman banks out of the process while enabling people with honest needs to borrow on decent terms so they can get a leg up.

And then I'd run a dog rescue with the proceeds. :)

[The Wielding Truth]

17. The quickest way? Hmmm. How big are the barrels?

[Canuckistanian]

23. Indeed

Is it a standard UK beer barrel (43 Gal.), an American oil barrel (42 Gal.), or a Portland cement barrel (113 L)?.

Plus, what are the denominations of the bills in the barrel? $20? $100? And how firmly are they packed?

I agree, too many variables here.

[InvisibleTouch]

20. I don't know about the quickest way, but certainly the most fun way...

...for me would be to buy a business that I'd love (a pet store, for instance), and hope to keep the money flowing that way, while simultaneously enjoying my life.

[wickerwoman]

21. I'd run a competition

where anyone could send me ideas for new businesses and I would choose the best two or three and invest in them.

[Coyote_Bandit]

24. I'd invest in

small business in second and third world countries. There's growth potential there - and real productivity. The US economy is built on consumption and wealth creation and is ultimately unsustainable. I'd put my money elsewhere. Though I might be persuaded to pick and choose and invest in some individual American workers.