My usual self-torturing thought about numbers like these is "Just give me 0.006% of that" [one of those 17,700 millions] "and I wouldn't have to worry about anything forever." A million invested in safe boring things at 3% (which didn't use to be that hard to achieve... not so sure now) yields a basic income of $30k/yr that could pay rent & food in many places. Take the whole $17.7B and do that for the entire population (~17,700) of one of these towns in 2010:

Arcata, CA

Orinda, CA

Central Point, OR

Monroe, WA

Tumwater, WA

Make it "only" $500K each ($15K/yr) and now you're talking more like

Hollister, CA

Martinez, CA

Los Baños, CA

Keizer, OR

Lake Oswego, OR

Longview, WA

Puyallup, WA

But life apparently doesn't work that way!