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		<title>Not Just Estate Tax Anymore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has been following our blog knows that the expiring Bush tax cuts (including the repeal of the estate tax this year and the tax’s reinstatement next year) have given lawmakers no end of trouble as they struggle and debate—and debate and struggle—to agree on new tax legislation moving forward. In fact, The Wall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beersmallers.com/not-just-estate-tax-anymore/</link>
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		<title>The Comfort That Comes With Planning Ahead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everybody thinks it won’t happen to them. Or rather, everybody knows it’s going to happen to them eventually, but nobody thinks it’s going to happen tomorrow, or next week, or even next year. The “it” of which I speak is, of course, death. It is this perceived immortality that allows so many people to put [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beersmallers.com/the-comfort-that-comes-with-planning-ahead/</link>
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		<title>Falling Through the Cracks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our country may be facing a simultaneous growth and recession&#8230; unfortunately, according to journalist John Leland, the two seem to be at odds. What we are referring to is the growth of the elderly population and the recession of funds available to help this aging community pay for the care they need. The economic downturn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beersmallers.com/falling-through-the-cracks/</link>
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		<title>How to Plan for the Future While Estate Tax Debate Continues in the Senate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the estate tax proposals currently floating around the Senate the future of the estate tax is anybody’s guess&#8230; but that doesn’t mean we’ll stop trying to figure it out. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal touches on some of the more recent (and more controversial) proposals floating around Washington. The proposal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beersmallers.com/how-to-plan-for-the-future-while-estate-tax-debate-continues-in-the-senate/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;For Richer or For Poorer, Till Death Do Us Part&#8221; Includes Retirement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“I take you to be my lawfully wedded spouse, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.” These aren’t just sweet words designed to bring a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beersmallers.com/for-richer-or-for-poorer-till-death-do-us-part-includes-retirement/</link>
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		<title>Can You Really Afford Long-Term Care Insurance?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance recently released a report on the costs of long-term care insurance, and the results were surprising. Most people mistakenly believe that long-term care insurance is going to be expensive and difficult; but in fact, according to the report, “over one-fourth [of buyers under the age of 61] paid less than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beersmallers.com/can-you-really-afford-long-term-care-insurance/</link>
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		<title>The Estate Planning Needs of Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re all about equality, but the fact is that women have different estate planning needs than men. Whether they’re single or married, have children or no children, women have different things to think about when it comes to estate planning. This means that women need to be involved in the planning process: Express their own wishes, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beersmallers.com/the-estate-planning-needs-of-women/</link>
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		<title>It’s a Dog’s Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be some confusion nowadays about whether “a dog’s life” refers to a life of ease or toil, but for these wealthy canine heirs life is definitely the former!Whether it’s a wealthy eccentric leaving millions to a dear canine companion or whether it’s a lover of animals leaving a portion of their estate to charity, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beersmallers.com/its-a-dogs-life/</link>
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		<title>More News About the Repealed Estate Tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six months into 2010 and the estate tax repeal is still making news. This time it’s a story about Texas billionaire Dan L. Duncan who died in March, leaving all of his billions to his spouse, family and various charitable organizations&#8230; and none to the government: “Had his life ended three months earlier, Mr. Duncan’s riches — [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beersmallers.com/more-news-about-the-repealed-estate-tax/</link>
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		<title>Options Abound With Out-of-State Trusts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a family trust—or are considering creating a family trust—to protect your assets you may want to ask your attorney about creating an out of state trust. It’s a grantor’s market (so to speak) and creating a trust these days doesn’t mean you have to simply accept the tax laws of your state [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beersmallers.com/options-abound-with-out-of-state-trusts/</link>
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