Philip Greenspun suggests something similar:<p><a href="http://philip.greenspun.com/materialism/early-retirement/" rel="nofollow">http://philip.greenspun.com/materialism/early-retirement/</a><p>He also adds another clever idea:<p>"Can we tweak the $N bonus idea at all? What if a kid becomes a repulsive yuppie despite the lack of financial necessity? Won't his siblings become envious when Chad, Jr. gets a $3 million check from Chad, Sr. to supplement his $1 million/year earnings at J.P. Morgan? Perhaps there should be a sliding scale for the bonus where the first $100,000/year is muliplied by 4, the next $100,000 by 3, the next $100,000 by 2, and the rest of the kid's income is not subject to a parental bonus. Or there could be a lifetime cap of $10-20 million per kid (no Gulfstream for Johnny :-( )."
The 2x payout is a good idea. If the kid grows up a screw up, they still won't starve on minimum wage. If the kid grows up to get a mediocre job making 50K/yr, suddenly they are pretty well off. If they push themselves and earn 100K...they get 200 which is quite good.<p>Good motivator for them to work their ass off
This is good too from the same site - top Dragons Den spoofs: <a href="http://launchlab.co.uk/article/Business-Blog/Top-five-Dragons%E2%80%99-Den-spoofs/427" rel="nofollow">http://launchlab.co.uk/article/Business-Blog/Top-five-Dragon...</a>