Trump offers golden graves for silver-spoon set

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In this Tuesday, July 20, 2004 file photo, a stone sphinx is shown at the entrance to the Woolworth mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, in New York. Burial in a Woodlawn mausoleum can cost more than $1 million. By comparison, to have one's final resting place at Donald Trump's Bedminster, N.J. Golf Club could be a bargain. Trump has proposed a 1.5-acre cemetery the golf course where members pay as much as $300,000 to join. A Trump spokesman says it's anticipated there'll be another membership level for those who want to be buried there. Photo: Kathy Willens / AP

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — They say you can't take it with you when you die, but that's not necessarily true for the wealthiest Americans — like Donald Trump.

He announced this week he is considering building a 1.5-acre cemetery next to his high-end golf course in Bedminster, where members pay a lifetime fee of as much as $300,000. If they want to stay beyond that, they most likely will pay a membership fee that includes burial.

It may be among the pricier final resting places, but if it gets state and local approval, it'd be a bargain compared with some of the country's other swank cemeteries.

Putting one's name on the most permanent of marquees can reach several million dollars at the most exclusive cemeteries — a far cry from the median $6,560 for a funeral in 2009, the most recent yearly figure from the National Funeral Directors Association.


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[DefenseLawyer]

1. Look, just because we're bereaved that doesn't make us saps! n/t

[ret5hd]

2. somethin' tells me it ain't gonna be heirs paying for this.

[Initech]

3. And so the concept of "lifetime membership" is taken way too literally here.

If they can pay $300K for a funeral that hasn't happened yet, they can pay some damn taxes!