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Greg Abbott: “We made unconstitutional an income tax, we made…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Governor Abbott Joins Maria Batiromo on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 04:13

It's been capitalism that's lifted more people out of poverty than any other economic system in the history of the world. And Texas is the epitome of that. While California is trying to tax billionaires more, Texas has got a We made unconstitutional an income tax, we made unconstitutional a capital gains tax, we made unconstitutional a transactions tax. that would be imposed on these stock exchanges. And all of these prohibitions on taxes, all the pro business regulations and laws that we have passed are magnets that are … (04:13–04:30)

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Asserts that Texas has made income, capital gains, and transactions taxes unconstitutional.

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