In Defense of Legacies.

Atanu Dey writes about how careless people are with things that are do not belong to them, and with good reason. People don't respect what they do not own. It's even questionable that they respect what they do own, or that they even respect themselves.

His comments revolve around the Native American proverb:

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.

Atanu makes some very valid points:

Want to know why public monies are wasted? Because the money the public official is spending does not belong to him. You are on an expense account? Well, don