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> fraud, correction, and inheritance One of those things is decidedly not like the others.
by TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
> fraud, correction, and inheritance
One of those things is decidedly not like the others.
- Scoundreller 7y agoYeah, fraudsters and the corrupt had to do at least some work to get where they got.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoIt takes some work to keep yourself in the will. Tiffany's getting nothing.
- Scoundreller 7y agoDepends on the country. France doesn't let you disown your children. No matter how much you hate them, they're getting at least half. 75% of it if you have 3 children. Of course you could make sure there's nothing left. A risky bet with their life expectancies.
- user5994461 7y agoIt's figurative only. There are plenty of practical ways to disown your children.
- xienze 7y agoIs the act of trying to leave your life’s work to your family’s next generation really worthy of such scorn?
- ngngngng 7y agoAs someone that grew up poor and has an incurable disdain for wealth, even as I acquire it. No.
- journalctl 7y agoLife’s work like what, inheriting wealth?
- xienze 7y agoCome again? You do realize you don’t have to be wealthy to leave something behind to your children. It could be something as simple as the house or car you had before dying. I really don’t understand why there’s so much disdain for something every parent aspires to do for their children. Such jaded and cynical types here, sheesh.
- Scoundreller 7y agoPoster was referencing $5m beach homes. I think poster was recognizing the differences between those that start off life with enough to fully fund a reasonable life without effort vs. those that do not.
- fhbdukfrh 7y agoAgree. The unspoken tenet in my family has always been you enjoy enormous advantage; your responsibility is to leave the next generation better off than where you started. The nerve of people wanting their life's contribution to be a net positive for those they love dearly....
- journalctl 7y agoWealth continues to concentrate upwards, and if you can’t easily find information on your own, I’d be happy to provide sources that show that social mobility is low, and a good predictor of your class is that of your parents. Please don’t set up this straw man. There’s nothing wrong with leaving things to your kids, but maybe you don’t need $50 billion to be distributed to three or four individuals.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoI don’t know how to reconcile my mild agreement with my desire to leave something behind for my heirs.
- Scoundreller 7y agoIf I were some multi-gillionaire, I'd structure my trust to give my inheritors one dollar for every dollar they earn. I wouldn't want them to think they can be a bunch of lazy slobs just because of who they were born to.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoThat seems reasonable.
- draw_down 7y agoDisagree!