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> Try again. I've inherited relatively little. Most people inherit nothing. Actually, most people end up spending money taking care of their parents.

• nickff 1y ago
  Why do you think most people inherit nothing? Every person I know who has had an immediate family member die has received some sort of inheritance, though sometimes not a very valuable one. Do you have a citation for your very strong claim?
  • bluGill 1y ago
    because for most inheiritance is a rounding error. Either I happens far too late in life and so you are already set or it is distributed between so many others your share is insignificant. though it appears most people will get something
  • dahart 1y ago
    It’s crazy easy to Google that claim, why not try that first? “Every person I know” is also known as type of ‘survivor bias’. Googling, I get multiple answers that 30%-40% of US citizens get any inheritance, which is a minority. Here’s one of them: https://www.bls.gov/osmr/research-papers/2011/pdf/ec110030.pdf https://www.bls.gov/osmr/research-papers/2011/pdf/ec110030.p...
  • dgfitz 1y ago
    When my grandmother-in-law passes away, my father-in-law will be about 500k+ “in the hole” because he will receive nothing, and has housed them for the past 25 years, in addition to paying for care, GIL has dementia.