At the rate the stock market and my portfolio are heading, I am afraid that is a distinct possibility!! To most, the thought of dying penniless is a scary one, for the connotation is that one either has hopelessly squandered one's savings away; or one has never made it in the world; or in today’s parlance, the stock market ate your savings. But look at the bright side (I am "the glass is half full" kind of person) - it could mean that one has lived life to the fullest by spending every hard earned penny the way one wants; or by giving it away to those one cares about; or better yet, both. Of course the caveat is that you need to be prescient enough to know in advance of your expiry date, and plan accordingly so that indeed you can leave this heavenly depot without any chance of Uncle Sam getting at your next of kin with inheritance tax. By deduction then, only psychics or fortune tellers will know how to beat Uncle Sam at his game??
Come to think of it, Uncle Sam is the smartest business man I know. He makes money off of you whether you are alive (providing you work AND file income tax) or dead (providing you actually have money left over from work), what a bullet-proof business model!
So there must be a business opportunity where I can help people to 1) live life to the fullest, 2) die penniless AND be ecstatic about it?
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You can become a religious leader at a very posh Ashram. Folks will spend all of their money to be there, but would be happy to rid themselves of trivial earthly possessions like money... Michelle
Michelle: Splendid idea!! Isn't it just the irony of life that we work so hard to acquire money and then try so hard to find happiness by spending it?
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