First, for your audience who are not from Texas, even those from Texas may not know the state of Texas itself does not impose a property tax. Only local governments impose a property tax. And There's no reason for a property tax to go up unless spending goes up. So the first thing we have to do is to put a cap or limitation on spending increases. The state of Texas has to live within spending limits. (00:17–00:23)
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