There's no reason why you have to follow the pathway of what the Democrats are saying. When the Democrats want to raise a sales tax, There's no reason to raise our sales tax. We got the money to reduce their property taxes right now. Go ahead. So understand two things. Because of the growth we have here, our number one source of revenue in the state of Texas is our sales tax. (16:56–17:03)
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Asserts that there is no need to raise sales tax because Texas has the funds to reduce property taxes.
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