#tellusatoday: How would you spend Powerball jackpot?

We asked our followers on Twitter what they would do with the record Powerball jackpot, which now has risen to at least $500 million. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:

If I won, I'd start a business in the USA employing Americans to grow organic genetically modified-free food.

-- @chained

First, I would pay off massive student loan debt. Then I would start doing something that I love to make a difference in this world!

-- @emilygibson00

I would take my mom to the best doctor and get the best medicine to cure her chronic lung disease. And I would help others in similar situations.

-- @patycolo

I would gift 50% to federal, state and local taxes. Then go out for a nice steak dinner with rest.

-- @PlumbbobGreen

I wouldn't tell anyone that I won right away. But, I'd send my brother, a sophomore at Notre Dame, to BCS championship.

-- @nickandrews1

Pay off my home and the homes of my family members, and buy a new car because my car is a piece of crap.

-- @Buzzmonkey1

I would establish a scholarship to honor the greatest mother anyone ever had: Lola Donaldson Shafer. She was a social worker.

-- @SIRTEACHYOU

Use some to help restructure K-12 schools in West Virginia. They are a mess, and charter schools should be offered.

-- @2_71828182845

I would buy stock in Apple.

-- @illini3

I'd go to Disney World, buy a house and travel the world, after giving to charity of course.

-- @scottacampbell

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