The people who do nothing but inherit are in the MINORITY of the …
The people who do nothing but inherit are in the MINORITY of the wealthy population. Here’s a link to a WSJ article from Jan. 2008 with sources and statistics:
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/01/14/the-decline …
For the nation’s richest 1%, inherited wealth accounted for only 9% of their net worth in 2001, down from 23% in 1989.
Less than 10% of today’s multi-millionaires cited “inheritance” as their source of wealth.
Among today’s millionaires, inherited wealth accounted for just 2% of their total sources of wealth.