I read the article this morning notice in about the second half of the article, they tell all about the tax advantages of giving it away to charity? Hypocritical don't ya think? Most of these charitable organizations have there own hidden agenda and never spend the money where you want. Remember the Red Cross after 9-11? If I had any kind of wealth like that I would first spend it for my church. Barring that if you do not attend church. I would start in my local community, then move to my state, then maybe to my region. But if I had that kind of money I would have the resources to oversea how it was distributed also. But that's just me.......
Absolutely true.
This comment that people have a right to spend their money as they see fit does not extend to the dead.
Was it not that Hemlsley woman that left $50,000,000 to her DOG and the courts said that the dog did not need all that money,. Seems her will stated that when her dog died , what was left was to go to a named Charity.
It was the Said Charity that went to court to over turn the will so they could get the money right away. I believe that they feared if the dog was poisoned they would be suspects in the death and not get one thin dime.
For the little people that will leave a scant 2-3 million, no fear, or not so much of one as for those in the upper $100,000, 000 brackets. We all see the infighting in family's of the super wealthy even before the family member is even dead. Some even hurry along the process, a fall down stairs or the breaks on their car fail.
Even an iron clad Will is not safe as few people will air dirty laundry as to why one family member is disinherited in their will. Some people contest a will for very little money, just to stick it to the rest of the family.
Spend money while you are alive and healthy enough to oversee the spending. If you give to your Church, watch what the money is buying for them. Is the pastor buying 2 new limos, building himself a $2,000,000 home.?
Schools are a big one, give them enough money for repares and YOU pick the contractors. Give a hefty amount to the teachers union and make sure only the top of the line teachers are in the class rooms. Pay to have the teachers, principals and heads of the State board of education get a piss test every 4 weeks.
Buy the kids uniforms and have in place a strict dress code for the teachers. Yearly exams for the teachers to insure they are not being lax with their students. Big money can do wonders and is a huge responsibility to handle.
BTW I believe kids would be willing to learn if they looked at their education as a job, few adults would work for no wages, pay these kids to learn, they worked for good grades, why not pay them, reward them----even my dog takes to training for a food reward.
