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Greg Abbott: “No tax that currently exists would need to be increased in…”

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks about property tax reduction, casino gambling and his campaign

Published | Video Starts at 04:27

And when you look at our growth trajectory, we're going to have plenty of income to make sure we're going to be able to pay for these property. No tax that currently exists would need to be increased in order to pay for this [property tax cuts]. Now, another one of your proposals is to cap the appraisals. So people's businesses and homes, I guess, would be appraised once every five years and then the appraisal would be capped from 10 now to 3%. (04:27–04:33)

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Asserts that existing taxes will not need to be increased to fund property tax cuts.

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