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mrguyoramatoday at 4:42 PM1 replyview on HN

~$0 of baby boomer wealth will pass down.

It's all going to be taken by end of life care companies who charge $20k a month (yes really) to put you in a small room and have a teen with barely a highschool diploma check in on you every now and again, for minimum wage.

Every dime of wealth the boomers collected will be captured by a few private capital orgs who prepared for this. It will never flow down.


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bwestergardtoday at 5:43 PM

In 2024, the Silent Generation and baby boomers represented 25% of the population, but held 65% of all wealth in the US.

The healthcare industry will profit a great deal, but there is no way they will capture 65% of all wealth in the country. And supposing they did: ultimately, all this wealth ends up on some household's balance sheet unless it goes abroad.