Tag: inheritance

The opinion piece “Boomers, spend as you please,” featured in the Sept. 16 edition, forwards the assertion that your generation is somehow wracked by “obvious laziness.”

A recent article in the Los Angeles Times stated that many of the nation’s 77 million baby boomers have decided not to leave their children an inheritance. To our generation, this sounds incredibly selfish, but the factors involved in this decision make it clear that it is not an easy choice.