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		<title>Dan Walter&#8217;s Anti-Prop 13 theory baseless article response</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan Walters: Subject: “California’s below-average property tax rate is more than offset by its above average property values”. Your Anti-Prop 13 theory baseless. Good article. However, a ‘hold on’ attitude is going to get worse as baby boomers as well as seniors are not going to sell. Our ‘Prop 13’ piece that appeared in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=188&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 02:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Again: Timeline_Healthcare_Bill Most of you know I spent most of my career in the insurance business. The new ‘Obama Care’ is a good start and long overdue. If you have the interest, check out: http://www.healthcare.gov/law/timeline/index.html. Feel free to share it with your friends. It’s definitely the most thorough review I’ve seen. It’s going to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=186&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation Making California the National Leader on Health Care Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(sent to me by my cousin John Upton)  Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation Making California the National Leader on Health Care Reform California is First State in the Nation to Create Health Benefit Exchange Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed AB 1602 by Assembly Speaker John Pérez (D-Los Angeles) and SB 900 by Senator Elaine Alquist (D-Santa Clara) creating the California Health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=182&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>4th point for William P. Fuller&#8217;s solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subject: Rework Estate Taxes – Boost Spending The following is a response to the article ( http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_16251955?nclick_check=1) written by William B. Fuller and printed in the San Jose Mercury – Oct 5th, 2010. William B. Fuller’s piece on reworking Estate Taxes to boost consumer spending includes three great tax ideas to boost the economy: #1. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=174&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rework Estate Tax article by William P Fuller</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WILLIAM P. FULLER, Estate Tax, Generation Skipping Tax (GST), Gift Tax, <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=170&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Estate Planning for the State &#8211; SJR-20 Resolution 57</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[William Dean: Subject: Estate Planning for the State SJR-20 Resolution 57 Gas taxes, local taxes, auto fees, sales tax revenue, tolls for bridge traffic and lastly property taxes aren’t cutting it. Hopefully, the economy will turn upward and billions in new revenue will enter the system. Unfortunately, the interaction between property taxes and capital gains [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=164&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DISAPPOINTING FINAL FORM for SJR-20 Resolution 57</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attn: State Senator Elaine Alquist, Santa Clara , CA &#8211; Chair Senate Subcommittee on Aging and Long-Term Care State Senator Lois Wolk, Yolo County , CA – Chair Assembly Revenue &#38; Taxation Committee. Subject: DISAPPOINTING FINAL FORM for SJR-20 Resolution 57 Summary: We originally proposed what became SJR 20 for two primary purposes: 1. To [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=150&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our team&#8217;s response to Senate and Assembly response</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clearly, these analyses were made up after the bill was amended from what we had given the senior legislature. My questions: a. Was it changed first by the senior legislature? If so, was Ann Mack aware of this? b. Both analyses refer to an &#8220;author&#8221;; senate says &#8220;author&#8217;s office&#8221;, assembly says &#8220;author&#8217;s statement.&#8221; Who is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=160&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SJR-20 Senate Revenue and Tax Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONTINUED SENATE RULES COMMITTEE Office of Senate Floor Analyses 1020 N Street, Suite 524 (916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) 327-4478 SJR 20 CONSENT Bill No: SJR 20 Author: Alquist (D) Amended: 5/5/10 Vote: 21 SENATE REVENUE &#38; TAXATION COMMITTEE: 4-0, 5/12/10 AYES: Wolk, Alquist, Ashburn, Padilla NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters SUBJECT: Taxation: sale of principal residence: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=158&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SJR-20 Assembly Revenue and Tax Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SJR 20 Page 1 Date of Hearing: June 28, 2010 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON REVENUE AND TAXATION Anthony Portantino, Chair SJR 20 (Alquist) – As Amended: May 5, 2010 Majority vote. SENATE VOTE: 32-0 SUBJECT: Taxation: sale of principal residence. SUMMARY: Urges the Congress and the President of the United States (U.S.) to enact legislation that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=156&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to Anna Eshoo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ann Ream: Subject: SJR-20 Resolution 57 Hijacked (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sjr_20&#38;sess=PREV&#38;house=B&#38;author=alquist). I think this is a case of well-intentioned legislation introduced by a separate senior group to the senior senate and on to the state legislature that was hijacked by the insurance and retirement homes lobby. Please review our initial legislation and you have Resolution 57. There [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=147&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to Senator Elaine Alquist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Elaine Alquist SJR-20 Resolution Change 57 – 100% Yes Zero &#8211; No (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sjr_20&#38;sess=CUR&#38;house=B&#38;author=alquist) What Happened? We will identify ourselves as the original group that worked with Senior Senator Ann Mack to develop the legislation that became SJR 20. We had a four-fold purpose: 1. Increase property tax revenue substantially over time without a direct [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=143&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SJR-20 is Chartered</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Everybody: Subject: SJR-20 Chartered Our legislation made it through the state of California, or in legislation terms: “chartered”.  (Resolutions Chapter 57 of 2010)  The next step is to find a federal legislator to go forth with a ‘federal resolution’.  We’ve been on this subject for close to four years.  A huge thank you to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=140&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reason no one moves: awful property taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally posted in the San Jose Mercury News letters section: Reason no one moves: awful property taxes Taxes are the main reasons Californians are staying where they are. Proposition 13 has caused a steady shift of the property tax burden from commercial and industrial to residential property. This locks in outdated assessments, thus denying the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=137&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to Warren Buffett  by Jennifer Bestor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a letter that Menlo Park resident Jennifer Bestor wrote to billionaire Warren Buffett concerning her research on the tax burden shift, favoring commercial property owners, resulting from the passage of California Proposition 13. 10 March 2010 Mr. Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 3555 Farnam Street Omaha, NE 68131 Dear Mr. Buffett, In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=111&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seniors Won&#8217;t Move</title>
		<link>http://jameshall.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/seniors-wont-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a letter at the Mercury News about Prop 13; the letter is at the bottom of this blog. Property taxes are the main reasons Californians 65 and older won’t move. According to the last census, there are over 1,750,000 homeowners here in California 65 and older. This locks in outdated assessments, thus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=110&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Moyers on Healthcare March 5th, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are our comments on the latest Bill Moyers show. You can watch the video their too. Comments below. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2010/03/is_the_presidents_health_bill.html Bill Moyers Journal: I am a 50 year veteran of the field life and health insurance delivery system and receive a retirement check from Cigna – the same Cigna as your guest author Wendell Potter. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=109&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bill SB-1416</title>
		<link>http://jameshall.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/bill-sb-1416/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the second bill by Senator Walters: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_1401-1450/sb_1416_bill_20100219_introduced.pdf SENATE BILL No. 1416 Introduced by Senator Walters February 19, 2010 An act to add Section 17152.5 to the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy. legislative counsel’s digest SB 1416, as introduced, Walters. Personal income taxes: capital gains: sale [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=106&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bill SB-1415</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill proposed by Senator Walters: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_1401-1450/sb_1415_bill_20100219_introduced.pdf (17 pages long SENATE BILL No. 1415 Introduced by Senator Walters February 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 69.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy. legislative counsel’s digest SB 1415, as introduced, Walters. Property tax: intercounty base year value [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=103&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SJR-20 Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is one of 3 bills, this one by Senator Elaine Alquist: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sjr_20_bill_20100125_introduced.pdf Senate Joint Resolution No. 20 Introduced by Senator Alquist January 25, 2010 Senate Joint Resolution No. 20—Relative to taxation. legislative counsel’s digest SJR 20, as introduced, Alquist. Taxation: sale of principal residence. Under existing law, capital gains taxes are imposed upon the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jameshall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=702007&amp;post=95&amp;subd=jameshall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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