With Great Wealth Comes Great Responsibility
“One day, I received a call from a lawyer informing me that a distant relative I had never heard of had passed away and left me their entire estate. I was shocked and couldn’t believe my luck. I quickly made arrangements to visit the lawyer’s office and sign the necessary paperwork.
When I arrived, the lawyer handed me an envelope with a letter from the deceased relative. I eagerly opened it, expecting a heartfelt message or perhaps some words of wisdom about being in charge of such a vast amount of wealth and property.
That is absolutely not what I got. Instead, it was a letter explaining that since I was the only family member left, receiving the estate meant coming with it was all the taxes that hadn’t been paid for more than a hundred years. Now, it was my responsibility, and the authorities were already hounding me for it.”