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To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (28249)	9/25/2007 3:54:06 PM
From: Jurgis Bekepuris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78748

I am not sure. I still think that WSC is Munger's sandbox. When he dies, it obviously won't continue as independent company. Until then I think Buffett and Munger spend very little thinking on folding WSC into BRK. If there was a screaming discrepancy between the two, they might do it. Maybe they will now that the gap is widening. Maybe they won't. Did you understand what he meant about capital gains taxes? Did he mean that because of BRK buyout WSC shareholders would have to pay capital gains or something else? Or did he mean that WSC should just buy its own shares even though that means cap gains tax for shareholders? It was somewhat cryptic...