Exactly, if you want to give your money away have enough sense to set up a foundation and have a board (your family) decide which request gets granted. The guy doesn't sound like he was playing with a full deck to start with. How is it you can barely make ends meet but you go out and buy lottery tickets?
An excellent question. They don't call it a "stupidity tax" for nothing. (But I still play - but but I can afford to do so).