I am far from a Cardinals fan, I respect them as a team for their accomplishments for a smaller market team, but as I said, not a fan.

But I was a fan of "The Wizard".. sad to see him selling things off for money instead of gifting them to his family.. but it must be a sign of the times. Money rules.

Still sad.

Source..  

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Heard on WTMJ when going out to lunch: This was to pay for his grandkids' education. Doesn't really add up though, you'd think he'd be able to sell just a fraction of that for the stated goal. But hey, maybe he wants to give them retirements too. Sad from our perspective, but maybe he's realizing that he has all this stuff sitting around in boxes that are great for sentimental value but could be put to better use?

Well, perhaps he's got enough wealth saved that he worries about it getting taken by estate taxes.

Do not be surprised if the next president, whoever he is, because he's going to find it harder and harder to find money to pay the bills without stealing it via taxes, gets rid of or greatly reduces any estate tax "exemption" and ratchets up death taxes. If it's BO, I'd almost guarantee it (who is going to be more attractive targets for "tax the rich to pay the poor" than the useless heirs of those rich?) But Romney, despite his campaign rhetoric, his silver spoon and all, will be forced to play the "increase tax" card when bond ratings fall, deficits approach multi-trillions per year, etc.

So he could be thinking, lets do what rich people always do .... put the money in a trust where the estate taxers can't get it.

That would be my bet.

Of course, if he were really smart, he'd probably be better off moving to Ecuador or Uruguay.

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