[upchuck]

....anybody else with me?

I am. I'd try to set up some kind of endowment or trust fund where FR could live off the income. With Jim's advice and approval of course.

[DCBryan1]

Ive thought about that. As a broker, I could set up an investment account for any LLC or Trust. If FreeRepublic needed 50k every quarter, we could ladder/structure a muni bond portfolio that would generate that kind of income.

$4,000,000.00 in 5% coupon tax free munis out long on the yield curve would give us 50k a quarter. Tax Free. If the 10 year would hit 3% it would be pretty easy. 10 year UST at 2.17% we have to go 25 years out with A rated or better paper.