rithy
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The answer is intuitively to "earn", but generally, the best answer is to take the money, as the option to earn (and increase ability to earn) will always exist.
There is already a way to get the "ability" to earn millions of dollars: get a college education. I'm not saying millions of dollars per year, but neither did the question.
The assumption provided in the question did not indicate what would need to be done to earn the $1MM and for how long. Don't forget that most people of the USA, even blue collar workers, will earn over 1 million dollars over their lifetime. |
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Dominique P
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20 years ago I would have said the ability to earn it. If you can do it once you can do it again and so on. But today I figure that's about what I'll earn in a lifetime anyway, so in essence I have the ability to earn it.
So I'd say, just give it to me. If you give it to me all at once--cool, I retire. If you make me take payments, well, you've essentially doubled my income. |
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Missssophia
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Do you have any idea how much the interest a million dollars accumulates in one day??? I'd just get it, and then as it's sitting in the bank and collecting interest I'd go educate myslef and acquire the ability to earn more. |
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Tammy
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I would love top get a million so we can buy the other partners in our business out--then we can start on making more--my husband does most of the work here anyway! |
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united9198
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I chose the "ability" and while that feels good, just getting it handed to me would also have some appeal. |
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Gerard
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1 million dollars.
I could just work for 1 mill thats an "ability". |
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Lovely Lady 27
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Well, how long until I earn the million I'd probably take it. I'd pay off all my bills, my familys bills and we are all earning our keep we would all keep our jobs but everything would be paid off so we could save all our money and all of us could earn millions b/c we have no payments :) |
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kevandcambria
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id go with them giving it to me..."a dollar today is worth more tomorrow!" |
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lisa s
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If it was MY money I would rather the person earn it.
If I was the potential recipient, I would rather just have it!
I would want to just put it into savings and live off of the interest. |
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confused 5610
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depends, how much taxes i would have to pay. you never mentioned whether the million was at once or over a period of time, and if i had the ability to earn over the course of my life or in a year? |
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topjewelrybuy
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The ability to earn a million dollars is nice. Of course if you had the million dollars, and already had a way to getting there, then paying back the million dollars would not present a problem. |
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Jessica
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Get it |
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Somedude
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i would want to earn because if i just got it people would be wanting to steal it from you. if you earn it you can be proud of it and you can say that you did it |
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Kathryn
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I already have the ability to earn it (we all do, but it would take some of us longer than others). I'll take the money! |
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♥ B3autiful ♥
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the ability to earn it.... i would cherish it much more than someone just giving it to me |
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