Ok my daughter came home from school a couple days ago..She is in 10th and her social studies teacher said that Bill Gates was going to give every American Citizen 1 Million Dollars..I was wondering if anyone knew if this was true or have a link about it..She said it was a couple years ago and the government denied his offer. I heard of him giving to charities but not this..is this true of false?
2006-12-07 13:19:11 · 15 answers · asked by emanon 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Actually its per family i think ..my mistake..But im pretty sure he has enough to pay everyone a Million Dollars i was just wondering if anyone had known if this was really true
2006-12-07 13:29:06 · update #1
it may be true.
i have heard rumors about this from time to time, but i just see this as impossible.
a million dollars for every american citizen?
the amount he would have to pay would probably exceed the limit of zeroes i could type on my computer (and there IS no limit).
Bill Gates gives to charity, and he is not one of those rich, snobby, people, but i think that is just way too overzealous (not that we wouldnt appreciate it) and there is no need to do somethign like that.
hope this helps!
2006-12-07 13:23:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let's do the math...
$1 million times 300,000,000 is, what, 300,000,000,000,000, or $300 trillion dollars?!??
Do you think that Bill Gates is worth $300 trillion dollars? That's roughly 25 times the annual US Gross National Product, which is the sum total of everything done and produced in the USA.
I'm pretty sure that this isn't true. Just saying. I'll keep my day job.
2006-12-07 13:31:14 · answer #2 · answered by geek49203 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
false b/c if you have ever watched vh1 you will find out bill gates only has $1000 dollars for every US citizen and $1 for the person in the world. He does not have enough for US citizen to have 1 million dollars.
2006-12-07 13:23:14 · answer #3 · answered by heather_0651 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She either misunderstood or the teacher is an idiot. He would need $300,000,000,000,000 dollars to do that (300 trillion dolars)
even he doesn't have that much money.
2006-12-07 13:32:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
deffinately false....
i think 1 million times 3 hundred million would make bill gates go broke....
And anyways inflation would just take over so it wouldnt help....
2006-12-07 13:22:04 · answer #5 · answered by Aaron T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, sure! I also get tons of email saying that microsoft is giving hundreds of dollars to individuals just for forwarding the emails to their friends....these rumors abound for years but......don't hold your breath!
2006-12-07 13:55:49 · answer #6 · answered by mstrywmn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not sure, i heard he has enough money to give to everyone in the world and still be able to live without working so hard.
2006-12-07 13:21:58 · answer #7 · answered by tyraroxmysox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like something he would do, to try to divert the public's attention from the fact that if people like him would equally spread their wealth around the globe world hunger could probably be extinguished.
2006-12-07 13:22:23 · answer #8 · answered by AngryAmerican82 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have not heard that story before. Where do I send my name and address to?
2006-12-07 13:28:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What???? Are you an idiot? He doesnt have enough money. Think about it 1,000,000 x 300,000,000 doesn't equal 64 billion.
2006-12-07 15:06:42 · answer #10 · answered by alexmojo2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋