Issue Position: Taxes

Issue Position

I will always fight for you against higher taxes-because I believe the government exists to serve you-not the other way around.
Texas has become a beacon all across our country for job-creators looking to escape higher tax, higher regulation states and for workers looking for good-paying job opportunities. One way we can continue to keep Texas the model for the rest of the nation is to ban a state income tax and this legislative session, we did just that. I proudly voted to advance legislation to the voters that would effectively ban a state income tax in Texas via a constitutional amendment. This November, I am confident that Texans will overwhelmingly vote to ban a state income tax as well.

This session there was an effort to raise the state sales tax to make it near the highest in the nation. Sticking to my true conservative Texas roots, I fought to make sure this did not happen. I spoke against this effort on the Senate floor, and following my speech, this idea was officially removed from the school-funding bill.

Recently, property taxes have been rising uncontrollably with no end in sight. I am honored to say that the Texas Legislature passed comprehensive property tax reform in Senate Bill 2 which will save taxpayers $2.6 billion over the next 5 years. This bill will also not allow local counties and cities to raise taxes more than 3.5% without voter approval.

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