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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: JDN who wrote (148434)5/24/2001 6:44:16 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
<<My brother and his wife inherited a plumbing company. As you might imagine a pluming company (this was commercial) has a lot of inventory and thus subject to a high BOOK VALUE but that aint cash. Borrowing to pay the Estate taxes ruined the profitablity of the plumbing company.>>

Same as farms. Lots of book value but the cash flow is low. Can't pay the nut on a loan so you sell out.
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