08-14-2003, 03:09 AM
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Nice Kitty
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: The good old USA!!!
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Originally posted by SpaceAce
Oh, bull. You're going to be dead so it won't do you any good. Why not divide it up equally and let grown people make their own decisions on what to do with it? It is the greatest type-A egomaniacal bullshit to try and excercise control from beyond the grave.
"It's for your own good," is garbage. Guess what, it's also for your own good not to drink, smoke, engage in unprotected sex, drive in dangerous rush-hour traffic, bungee jump, skydive, race motorcycles and sit in front of a computer screen for too long but you sure as hell want to make those decisions for yourself, right? Let's say you've got three kids and three million dollars. What does it really matter if one of your kids is a party animal and blows his million? So what if two of them make nice, safe investments and one of them spends it all on roulette and pussy?
Money is meant to be spent; that's all it's good for. You can have 50 billion dollars sitting in the bank but until you use it to buy something, it's just a number. Provide for all your children equally and you've done your job. It's not your money, anymore, so why should you be involved in what is done with it? Stop being such a control freak and let your descendants enjoy what you are able to give them.
SpaceAce
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I set my will up so that my somewhat irresponsible brother and sister will not have the opportunity to squander "their" money...my oldest brother will insure that they have money as they need it and will not despense it so that they can just blow it. They will resent me for doing it that way and they will resent him...but tough shit...they will at least have money available for the necessities of life as they need it. If they...with time...develop a sense of responsibility (in other words grow up) I am sure that he will give them the remaining funds...in a lump sum. |
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