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Ted Cruz: “Texas has no income tax.”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 07:42

That's the principal avenue of taxation. You got real estate taxes and sales taxes are where the state and local governments get their taxes. Taxes, but Texas has no income tax. Look, some of it is government does less. I mean, there's a philosophy that government doesn't have to spend and provide everything government does. (07:42–07:46)

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Asserts that Texas does not impose an income tax.

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