Russell Simmons Asks: What Would You Do if You Were Super-Rich?

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Russell Simmons, in an essay on the Huffington Post promoting his new book, 'Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All,' asks readers what they would you do if they were super-rich? The answers may surprise you. People responded on Twitter with a range of answers showing the breadth and depth of the spirit of caring. Here are some of Russell's top answers:


@buyhousescheap wrote, "If I were #SuperRich I would rebuild Haiti."

@313Don214 said, "If was super rich I would buy an apartment building to give the homeless a second chance."

@Tim Summa wrote, "I would put away enough money to help my family, then I would start to help the youth. There would be after school programs, or maybe I would start my own schools."

@Antwon Butler Sr said, "I will help with all the inner city school and make sure they all get an education jus like the private school kids get, ya dig."

@FlavianaMatata said, "If I was #SuperRich I would...make sure at least 25% of Tanzania ppl could use internet..."


And there are even more great ideas where that came from, showing that people also have an instinct to share wealth, not only horde it. During this difficult time in America when so many are losing their economic security through job loss or the loss of a home, it is eye-opening to see in plain words that fiscal uncertainty can't crush the basic human desire to provide for the welfare of others.

So I ask also you, BV community: What would you do if you were super rich? It's a great question, and I commend Russell Simmons for asking it. It opens up a dialogue that helps to put our personal financial problems in perspective and become interested in helping our world. I for one would work on establishing education centers, group living facilities and jobs training programs for single mothers in an environment that supports the care of both mothers and children, in order to break the cycle of poverty that so often affects this vulnerable group.

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