Debatable Thesis Statement Taking A Stance On An Issue

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Is it right for wealthy people to leave most of their money to their children?
Today, more than ever before in recent history, there are more people languishing in poverty. The gap between the rich and the poor has widened in the recent past. A recent study by Oxfam found that the top three richest people in United States, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have as much wealth (nearly $350 Billion) as the bottom half of United States’ population CITATION Chu18 \l 1033 (Collins). This wealth has a total of 10 heirs. Bezos has 4 kids Buffet 3 and Gates 3. Averagely, each would inherit nearly $35 billion and would still position them in the top 20 richest American’s list. Many people would wish to be inheritors of this fortune but I would argue otherwise. It is not right for the wealthy to leave most of their money to their children.
The goal of life is not entirely to be rich but to be happy. Being rich and having more resources at your disposal seems to eliminate many factors that can lead to misery but does not necessarily make anyone happier. Thus, heresy to the firmly held belief that wealth brings happiness but I would argue that the process of earning the fortune is more enjoyable and fulfilling than the end result. Thus, if the children just inherit the fortune, they miss on the opportunity to create their own fortune and enjoy the process of achieving their goals. They will be able to set their own goals, pursue them and achieve them. Rather than inheriting, they would be given the opportunities to make them succeed on their own to learn and fail until they succeed. The wealth of their parents is just but to support them on their quests and enjoying the independence of pursuing their own dreams and enjoying the process. Inheriting their fortune would make them lazy to pursue their dreams and also unappreciative of the process their parents underwent to earn their wealth. Thus, it is for the good of the heirs that they are disinherited all their wealth but enough to give them the edge to convert the opportunities they may encounter and have fun while doing so.
Secondly, since the gap between the rich and the poor has increasingly widened, the wealth held by the ultra-wealthy individuals can be used for charity and help restore social order. The huge gap has strained the societal fabric and it is continuously affecting the society in negative ways especially the poor blaming the rich for exploiting them...