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The Wishes of the Dead

Hi-Phi Nation

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Milton Hershey's Chocolate Trust

Milton Hershey set up a trust in 1917 to shield his assets from taxation and confiscation. The law was passed partly to finance the cost of World War I. He could treat these assets which he really had given away as personal assets, says John Sutter. But why should it be that way? It's just bizarre to me, just like Mika's bananas," writes Sutter.

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