Her business, I suppose. But if she didn't want to give it to her relatives for some reason, there are plenty of worthy charities out there.
I haven't crunched the numbers, but a million dollars thrown into the Treasury will probably slow the growth of the national debt by a fraction of a second.
probably less than a fraction of a second once the Senate Appropriations committee gets ahold of it. Basically, she traded her $1.1 million for a fancy IOU from the government.
I doubt it. Every dollar of revenue the government gets is an excuse to increase spending by more than a dollar.
Frankly, what I'd like to see (never happen, though) would be for someone to publicly oppose the Republicans' tax cuts on the basis that they would increase government revenue, thereby increasing government's tendency to spend like drunken sailors.