Would you accept a guaranteed, lifetime allowance of $50,000 a year after taxes for your whole family, (adjusted for inflation) if accepting it meant you could never again earn money from work or investments?

(taken from Amazon.com: The Book of Questions: Gregory Stock: Books)

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Mom to dd (age 9) and ds (age 11)
blogging daily about purpose and personal identity

Yes! Since I personally have never come close to making that amount. As long as dh could still earn.

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~Happiness is a large family~

Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. James 1:19

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24

Nope. That would be family income .. but stable and guaranteed. Would you still do it?

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Mom to dd (age 9) and ds (age 11)
blogging daily about purpose and personal identity

Heck no!!! We could not surrive on that!!!

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~Happiness is a large family~

Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. James 1:19

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24

No way!!!!!

I think so. I don't see a downside. I know others make more than this, so think it would not be doable. But we have never made that much in one year. I have 4 kids.

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"The Christian does not think that God will love us because we are good, but God will make us good because he loves us."- C.S. Lewis

Is that 50K every year for the rest of our lives? or just a one time payment?

No way.

I would!

a) It's more than we make now (and will probably ever make) ~ we work in non-profit.
b) I would rather have the security of knowing and being able to budget accordingly.

I would miss the investment income (not that we make much now .. but we plan on in the future).

I would still work .. I'd just volunteer, I'd just work for free - volunteering what I love to do.

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Mom to dd (age 9) and ds (age 11)
blogging daily about purpose and personal identity

Every year. (I'll edit the original question).

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Mom to dd (age 9) and ds (age 11)
blogging daily about purpose and personal identity