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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (33317)	6/26/1999 3:35:00 PM
From: JGoren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Tax policy. The Republicans are making a big push to eliminate the capital gains tax entirely and eliminate capital gains as subject to the alternative minimum tax. If successful, the tax will decline over a four or five year period down to zero. The reason for the phasing in is to keep economic growth increasing at a level rate rather than spike up and then down as well as to maintain total tax revenues level. This will be a big change. It will mean that us baby boomers will be able to sell shares in such stocks as Qcom that have big capital gains and it will keep us from being subjected to the confiscatory alternative minimun tax rates. This will become even more important as baby boomers start to retire.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (33317)	6/26/1999 4:14:00 PM
From: Ramsey Su	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Maurice, regarding MSFT, don't they teach you how to count in NZ? I saved your behind once already, convincing you not to waste more money on buying G*. I am not going to save you again on MSFT. In fact, if you like the stock so much, why don't you sell your QC and buy MSFT. Not willing to put your money where your money is? By the way, don't count on China being much of a market for MSFT. Afterall, how much would one copy of anything make? There are a lot of people here who, for whatever reason, think that you have something valuable to say. Don't be saying all these bullish things about evil Gates when you never had and probably never will invest a single dime, be it just a NZ dime, in MSFT. Coincidentally, I have been looking at some Chinese language sites. The addresses are either in English or are numbers. How do you register a Chinese language domain name? Ramsey

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (33317)	6/26/1999 4:30:00 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Hello, down there, Maurice. Thanks for defending Mr. Softie, my second largest holding <behind Q, of course>. Not that Bill needs any help. Did they show "Pirates of Silicon Valley" in NZ? If not, PM me your address and I'll email you a tape of it. Geeky little Bill is portrayed as the second coming of Atilla the Hun. Market cap means nada unless you're trying to sort companies into micro/small/mid/large categories. It's an imaginary figure; it's the best example of Heisenberg Uncertainy Principle in the financial world. You can't buy a company for it's cap and you certainly can't sell it for it's cap. I'm heading over to the meat market to pick up some thick NZ lamb chops this afternoon. I usually just paste it with tons of garlic and sage and barbeque it; any good recipes would be appreciated. Frank