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by creepydata 3322 days ago
The kids blow the wealth more often than not and the grandkids spend every last dime of what the kids couldn't.

http://time.com/money/3925308/rich-families-lose-wealth/

(That's ignoring the fact that people who grow up 'set for life' tend to be truly terrible human beings)

1 comments

who cares what happens when you're dead
Well if your goal is to "help out the grandkids in life" you should probably know leaving them your fortune is going to do the opposite.
well if i were in that situation, the way i would see it is "i did my part; my grandkids got money and i showed them how to use it." if they blow it all on cars and drugs, that's on them