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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why anyone here is insisting that OP should be leaving this money to family instead of to charities. Why do you care? Or do you all just happen to have wealthy childless aunts and uncles and think you might be the nieces and nephews who stand to miss out?[/quote]

Blood is thicker than water.

Many of us are skeptical of quite a few charities. PPs made good observations about how charities are often wasteful with money, don't use it for what it's earmarked for, or ideologies change to become quite different. [/quote]

Thirty years ago the right wing convinced Americans that social programs should be delivered via charity rather than the government.  Now the right wing is convincing us that charities can't be trusted either.  It's really just about concentrating wealth in the hands of the few.[/quote]

I think you have issues. People who drag politics and their bigoted ideology into every thread tend to.

Agree that blood is thicker than water, meaning people typically derive greater satisfaction helping out family members rather than strangers via charities.

Doesn't mean OP should be obliged to leave estate to family but many charities are quasi frauds, especially the progressive ones, so she should be careful if goal is for her money to have a meaningful impact.

Also, when OP is old, it is always nice to have family helping out in final years rather than strangers. She may want to try to cultivate this kind of relationship. [/quote]

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