Wednesday, February 24, 2021

"Survey: Baby Boomers Spending Kids’ Inheritance On Adventure And Self-Discovery"

 Based on tactics I'm observing in other areas of life, the thing to do is call the thoughtless boomers Terrorists or, better yet, to get the U.N. involved, Transnational Terrorists (that's for the bucket list travel and cruise crowd).

From ValueWalk:

In the minds of some Baby Boomers’ kids, there is a fine line between enjoying retirement and spending their inheritance. Fine line or not, more and more people are using money that would have been their kids’ inheritance to partake in adventures and self-discovery.

Many of these retirees view this time in their life as a much needed and deserved reward for spending the last 40 to 50 years working. Money that was hard-earned and meticulously saved can — and should — now be used to explore the world.

Such a simple subject is also a contentious one. Shouldn’t seniors be allowed enjoyment? On the other hand, shouldn’t parents leave their children with some sort of inheritance? Is money the only thing these offspring are concerned about?....

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