The State Takes Over Your Money

8 Feb 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker addresses viewers who lack any estate planning, warning that without a will or trust the state will determine the distribution of their assets after death, often contrary to the individual's wishes. The speaker emphasizes that the state’s intestacy laws will decide who inherits the money and assets, which many will find unsatisfactory. To prevent this outcome, the speaker advises creating a will and establishing a revocable living trust, thereby allowing individuals to control how their property is distributed and solving the problem of unwanted state intervention.

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Alright, this is for all the people out there who have no plan for when they leave the planet. No will, no trust, no plan at all. And there's a whole bunch of you. Tell me what you think is going to happen with all your stuff. Shh, don't tell them, I know the answer. Okay, the suspense is killing me. This is what's going to happen. The state— what state do you live in? That state. It's going to decide who gets all your money and assets. And you are not gonna like the state's plan. So here's what you do. You create a will and a revocable living trust. And you make all those decisions. Another problem solved.