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Greg Abbott: “If you were seniors, it would be the first $200,000 that's…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott holds a campaign in El Paso

Published | Video Starts at 32:04

So the first $140,000, you don't have to pay school district property taxes on. Instead, the state of Texas pays that bill. And get this, if you guys were seniors, which I don't see any here, but If you were seniors, it would be the first $200,000 that's exempt from the school district property tax. But hold on, because here's the deal. You guys are applauding this right now, but I gotta tell you, there's exactly zero people in El Paso and zero people in … (32:04–32:12)

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Asserts that seniors have a higher homestead exemption for school district property taxes.

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