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[Noel7]

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@willdob3 wrote:

I'll decide what to do with that kind of money as soon as I get it. Until then, I'm busy enough deciding how to spend my few pennies...

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@willdob3

We can dream

I know a lot of people on Chat do support charities of their choice, both financially and with their volunteer work.

I mentioned funding medical research... I'd love to do that.  I have quite a few interests there including research for Lupus, SLE.

9 out of 10 people with Lupus are women.  The only every day drug that can help can't be taken by some of us, and nothing new for routine help has been created in 50 years.

It usually strikes those in their 20s, at their prime.  A devastating illness, not many survive to live a full life. 

[hckynut]

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@Trinity11 wrote:

This is selfish on my part but I would fund further studies with stem cells for heart failure. I have all the money I need or want but funding studies to prolong life in heart patients would be what I would do if I was the richest of the rich.

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Hi @Trinity11,

I don't see you as being selfish at all. As for prolonging life of some heart patients, of which I have met hundreds.  Too many that I have met have no interest in living longer. Why? I see it as many not willing to help themselves by following a heart healthy food and exercise program.

I would prefer the "more life in your years, as opposed to more years in your life". Many people with heart disease see themselves limited by their disease, when in fact, their only limitations are ones they imposed on themselves.

Certainly a good thing to advance more knowledge concerning heart disease. Just like cancer, way too many think these things happen only to other people.

I hope you are continuing to get better and stronger in your determination to get to the best you can be under your circumstances. You will be in my thoughts of wishing you the best.

hckynut(john)

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[IamMrsG]

Clean water

[Noel7]

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@IamMrsG wrote:

Clean water

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@IamMrsG

Very important! 

[151949]

I'd build some of those tiny house communities for homeless vets and set each one up with a monthly stipend to live on.

[chrystaltree]

 Education.    I'd probably give 90% of my money away in the form of  college and technical school scholarships and I'd fund local school districts in my state so that they could have state of the art everything. 

[Trinity11]

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@hckynut wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

This is selfish on my part but I would fund further studies with stem cells for heart failure. I have all the money I need or want but funding studies to prolong life in heart patients would be what I would do if I was the richest of the rich.

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Hi @Trinity11,

I don't see you as being selfish at all. As for prolonging life of some heart patients, of which I have met hundreds.  Too many that I have met have no interest in living longer. Why? I see it as many not willing to help themselves by following a heart healthy food and exercise program.

I would prefer the "more life in your years, as opposed to more years in your life". Many people with heart disease see themselves limited by their disease, when in fact, their only limitations are ones they imposed on themselves.

Certainly a good thing to advance more knowledge concerning heart disease. Just like cancer, way too many think these things happen only to other people.

I hope you are continuing to get better and stronger in your determination to get to the best you can be under your circumstances. You will be in my thoughts of wishing you the best.

hckynut(john)

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@hckynut, thank you so much.

[itiswhatitis]

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@JustJazzmom wrote:

I recently visited one of the Vanderbilt mansions in Hyde Park, NY and that family was even wealthier by today's standards (more $ than Gates ever had). 

I would use that kind of money to research how to eradicate all mosquitos from the planet or fund research into the eradication of neuromuscular diseases like ALS or Muscular Dystrophy.

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He was a Millionaire when he died.  By today's standards compared to the Billionaires he didn't quite make it to the multi-billion mark.

Cornelius Vanderbilt $105 million at the time of his death (equivalent to approximately $2,333,296,875 in 2016 dollars) (approximately 1/87th of US GNP)

[MarieIG]

I would love to fund significant medical research for cancer cures, alzheimer's cure, auto-immune disease cures.  I would love to make large contributions to St. Jude's, Ronald McDonald's House, and Veteran's associations.