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Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 12:56:08 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: Trust Funds


I heartily recommend reading KEEP WHAT YOU EARN by Terry Coxon (1997) which 
covers these issues 
in a most effective manner.  


Coxon and Harry Browne many years ago launched the Permanent Portfolio Fund 
based on a balanced 

investment approach to preclude the need to determine market trends and to be 
prepared for the 

four major kinds of economic climates: high inflation, moderate growth, 
decreasing growth and 
deflation.


In his 1997 book, Coxon also goes into detail on the value of establishing an 
IRS-recognized 
Grantor Trust in Bermuda.


He also offers a turn-key approach to establishing such a trust for as little as
$5,000, though 
$50,000 is a realistic minimum size trust.


Such trusts are incredibly flexible and while they do NOT address the question 
of how you can 

keep your OWN money until defrost time, it COULD permit your cryonics 
organization to establish 
a mutually-designated "membership", if I understand this correctly.

Just a suggestion.

-George Smith

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