We did that last session also. We used $18 billion last session to buy down those property tax rates. But a lot of people didn't feel it for one reason, and that's because Local property taxing jurisdictions went back and raised those property tax rates. Dana, what we have to do to make sure we provide enduring property tax relief is not just buy down those rates, but also limit the ability of local jurisdictions from being able to raise your property tax rates again. (00:42–00:50)
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