Jack King Quotations

We have approved giving them this money, but if they can't get the improvement district together the project won't go forward.

Since the federal individual income tax imposes the largest tax burden on the broadest group of farmers and the federal estate tax can affect the ability to transfer the farm operation to the next generation, these changes are of considerable importance to the farm community.

On the federal front, we achieved an historical win with the House passage of the bill updating the Endangered Species Act, and we will continue to work with the Senate as they take this issue up this year. In addition, we will continue to bring attention to the permanent repeal of the Death Tax.

Given the trend in California with more and more regulations, you have to become larger just to be able to handle all the regulatory requirements. Sometimes you have to get larger just to reach those big economies of scale to. So it's not only a cost element, but you also need a large enough operation to make it work.

Any funeral director in earshot can come in and utilize this equipment.

It's said that timing is everything. This was the right time for us to make a change. We're not going away by any means, just moving down the road a bit. Come see us at Crown Motors. And we do want to wish Robert Peltier the best.

If not for the Williamson Act, a lot of the farms would be taxed to death, so for years we've worked quite long and hard just to maintain the Williamson funding. Sound land-use planning in counties helps some farms stay in existence in the face of urbanization.

I have not talked to anybody who anticipated this. It just came on.

It has to be so compelling as to undermine confidence in the verdict.

This has reduced the number of estates required to pay tax and the amount of taxes owed. But, despite these changes, appreciating land values and increasing farm size mean a larger share of farm estates are subject to the federal estate tax.

The frequent revisions of the federal tax code have added to its complexity, especially since many of the recent changes have been phased in or are temporary. This situation requires the efforts of Farm Bureau, the Farm Team and all of our members if we are to secure fair and simplified estate tax laws.