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The PowerBall jackpot is now $550 million dollars.

What would you do if you suddenly received $550 million dollars? (minus taxes of course) .

Say 450 million--------- A. Buy ll family members cars and insurance for one year. B. Give $100,000 to 5 family members for down payment on homes C. Give my BFF $1 million in cash---WOULD love this one D. Put in trust $1 million for my daughter E. Set aside $50,000 a year on travel F. Donate $50 million to the Museum of Tolerance G. Donate $50 million to Missing & Exploited Children H. Donate $100 million & set up College scholarships for kids who cant afford college I. Go to Aaron Brothers Art Mart and buy frames for my pictures up to $1,000. J. Buy my dream car, 1978 550SL Mercedes convertible for $5,000. That means I have about $247,000,000. left Set up foundation and hire extremely smart people and put the other 247,000,00.00 to good use Oh, I have thought it out-thanks for the question-that was fun!!!

Dear Gina -

Wow, you have definitely thought out your plan! I love the Museum of Tolerance and other charity ideas! What a lovely idea to have a college scholarship

Lisa, I love that question always!! The Museum of Tolerance/LA is exceptional, and I know they are trying to digitize all the remaining Holocaust survivors stories. Thanks again for a fun 10 minutes with my calculator-haha. Love your site on low carb. My BFF nickname is Bella,crazy world. Gina

Dear Gina -

That is an admirable project. Absolutely all those stories should be on the web so everyone can read and learn from them. They should not be forgotten.

Where would you travel to?

My plan is to set up an X-Prize sort of non-profit foundation. Right now Forbes reports that 85% of women who leave an abusive relationship go back to it. 85%!! And those are the ones who could "get away" in the first place!

There must be a way to help these women. I would want to set up a prize to reward someone who could even cut that down to 50%. The winner would have to develop a plan that helped support and nurture the women, let's say for a year, to build up their strength to move on.