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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by yters on Thursday September 25, 2008 @07:28PM (#315564)
A person can do a lot for the world with 10 trillion.
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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by dhotson on Friday September 26, 2008 @12:11AM (#315739)
Could you give an example? :)

I think it would actually be pretty hard to find ways to spend that much money. 10 trillion is an awful lot.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by yters on Friday September 26, 2008 @11:46PM (#316713)
Supposedly eliminate poverty worldwide: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315521
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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by dhotson on Saturday September 27, 2008 @12:44AM (#316745)
I'm not convinced that we can solve the worlds big problems like poverty just by spending money.

I don't claim to have the answers.. but I think it will take a lot more than money to solve these problems. That's assuming they can even be solved at all.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by yters on Saturday September 27, 2008 @11:45PM (#317391)
That's probably true, there are always evil people around.
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