We asked students around the Miller Learning Center and Tate center what they would do with the sum of $700 billion it’s costing to bail out Wall Street – enough to buy out Google, Facebook and expand more than 12,027 Tate Centers. This is what they said:

-”A third would go to personal investments and business endeavors, a third to family and friends and I would donate the rest to charity.”

- Bud Whitmire,
senior from Atlanta majoring in agricultural communications

-”I would probably buy an island and move there. Well, right after I paid off all my credit cards.”

- Sandra Cox,
senior from Cumming majoring in English

-”I would buy a Cracker Barrel and eat an unlimited amount of chicken and dumplings, fried okra and another side of dumplings. I would also allow anyone who wanted to eat with me to dine for free.”

- David Bolton,
senior majoring in economics and sociology from Johnson City, Tenn.

-”After a point, more and more wealth wouldn’t matter, so I would use my $700 billion to bail out our nation’s economy.”

- John Lee,
junior majoring in biology from Miami

-”I’d go to Publix and wipe it clean … and then maybe focus on investing.”

- Jennifer Reed,
senior from Albany, Ga. majoring in economics

-”I would buy a huge mansion in California, where I can surf for the rest of my life.”

- Gratten Ward,
sophomore from Bainbridge, Ga. majoring in engineering