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» Estate Planning 101 -- Health Directives

A discussion of Illinois health-related directives such as powers of attorney and living wills.


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» 30 Rock, Dr. King, and The Estate Tax

Last night's episode of 30 Rock (still, I think, the funniest show on TV) featured TV executive Jack Donaghy (played by Alec Baldwin) trying to convince Tracy Jordan (played by Tracy Morgan) to become the celebrity voice of the Republican party. Jordan's resulting commercial, meant to appeal to what he first refers to as "blackmericans," is pretty funny:

My fellow black Americans. Dr. King once had a dream, a dream that we all share: to build a 200-foot wall to keep Mexico out. And he also hated the estate tax.

(Later, Jordan says that "I get it -- the Republican party means less taxes, more guns, and the end of the gun tax.") The whole episode is available for free here -- the commercial comes at around 15:45, but the entire thing is really funny (especially Baldwin's Richard Nixon impression).

» CGI founders cash in

"At the end of the contract term in 25 years, or in the event of its earlier termination, we can elect to deliver the contract value either in shares or in cash"

Two of the top officers of CGI Group Inc. have cashed in about $127-million worth of stock in the Montreal information technology company, 30 per cent of their combined holdings, for estate planning purposes. via The Globe and Mail

» UBS employee detained in tax probe

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Maybe what glitters really is gold.