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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (701305)9/11/2005 4:27:06 AM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769669
 
"(Even the 'well advised' might not always be so smart. Remember the huge estate taxes paid by the Rockafeller and Carnege heirs? It was attributed to really, really bad financial advice received by the old men.... These stories have been used as classic arguments for financial planning for generations now.)"

Maybe they just wanted to ensure they paid their share of the double taxation.