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What good is this? People read conservation and think the land is pristine, but we that live here all know there will not be one tree on the land when they conserve it.
This is all crap from Plum Creek.report abuse
"Weyerhaeuser is taxed at a 35 percent corporate rate. Companies that have formed REITs, like Seattle's Plum Creek Timber, have reduced their tax bills to virtually zero, though stockholders still have a 15 percent capital-gains tax".
http://tinyurl.com/5h5sp8
I suspect that in the big scheme, things are only beginningreport abuse
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