Give 'Til It Hurts

[economy]

I heard a disturbing factoid on Marketplace this afternoon on the way home. Seems that according to their sources at Slate- more money was give last year to charity from estates. That would mean more dead people gave money than the living did.

The great bulk of the giving on this year’s list comes from those who have died. An unprecedented eight of the top 11 gifts are bequests, including the late Leona Helmsley’s $5.2 billion gift.

Not a good time to be in need or for that matter, to be alive. Obama certainly has his work cut out for him, doesn't he.