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Gina Hinojosa: “Greg Abbott signed the most rich tax break of any state for…”

Featuring: Gina Hinojosa, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 49

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Published | Video Starts at 06:38

And so for him to reverse course, everybody sees it, and everybody is calling him out on it. We have just this avalanche of data centers in Texas because Greg Abbott signed the most rich tax break of any state for these data centers. They pay no tax on their electricity. And so they're coming here, they're guzzling all the electricity, they're guzzling all the water. No consequences, no protections. In these rural areas where they're unincorporated. Right. (06:38–06:49)

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Asserts that Texas offers significant tax breaks to data centers, exempting them from electricity taxes.

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