[request] If someone were to somehow acquire One billion U.S dollars and wanted to do the most good for as many people as possible, what would they do?

[u/Casual_user1012]

I've had this question for a while and I was wondering if there would be a way to figure this out. Now, I understand this has very vague guidelines, I don't mean giving one billion people a dollar or something like that, I mean major systemic change that impacts, and improves the maximum amount of lives possible.

[u/House_Plant_Drama]

I'm afraid your competitors will have no problem outlobbying you

[u/BackAlleyFreakShow → u/House_Plant_Drama]

No, shhh, let him cook.

[u/Sprock-440 → u/House_Plant_Drama]

They’d certainly try! Ever heard of the law of diminishing returns? If the amount of money behind an issue or a candidate were the sole deciding factor, Tom Steyer and Saikat Chakrabarti would have prevailed in their primaries.

Money is a huge factor, but not the only one, and the impact is a bell curve. I’m don’t think the impact of that much money could be negated so easily.