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Greg Abbott: “Your property taxes should not go up without you having a…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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However, the state of Texas has four limits on what we can spend. We should impose those same four limits on every property taxing jurisdiction in the state. Second, Your property taxes should not go up without you having a say in the matter, without you having a vote on it. And to ensure that it's going to have the buy in by the community before your property taxes go up, it should require a 2/3 vote margin of a vote before your property taxes can go up. (22:15–22:23)

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Proposes that property tax increases should require voter approval.

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