My Foolproof Savings Plan

The first thing I am going to do when I get to be 86 is sue my daughter for $520 million. That is what Frank Stronach has done to his daughter Belinda and I think it’s a heck of an idea.

Frank says his darling Belinda has mishandled their company called Magna International since she took over and he wants to see things put right and $520 million in his bank account. All those times he tucked her in at night when she was a toddler, I wonder if he whispered to himself, “Some day, Belinda, you are going to pay!”

I have many years to go before I turn 86 in 2037 and that also gives my daughter almost two decades to save up $520 million for when I come a’callin’ for my money. I think that is fair notice.

If she sets aside $27 million a year, and with the interest added on, she will have more than enough to settle my claim. Then, as these things go, I will promptly die the next day and give it all back to her in my will.

Without my lawsuit threat hanging over her head for 19 years, I am more than certain she would fritter away that $520 million and wonder where it had all gone.

Best savings program ever.

Dads have to look out for their daughters.

©2018 Jim Hagarty

Author: Jim Hagarty

I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.