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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I know there being a midnight sessions, but there will
be a special session, that's for sure. Texas State Representative
Brian Harrison from District ten joins us to talk about
the special session. Bills are already starting to be filed.
I think one of those bills is yours, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Ten of them are mine?
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Oh? Ten, okay, I know, I know the about the
one on property taxes. Tell us about that one first. Well, yeah,
I mean, we got to deal with property taxes.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
This was the most anti tax payer regular session maybe
in the history of the state. We blew through the
whole surplus to fund you know, DEI and transgender ideology,
and we failed on the number one.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Thing we were supposed to do, which was deal with
property taxes.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
So, as the first elected Republican in Texas to demand
a special session to deal with property taxes, I'm glad
we're going to go back to get another bite at
the apple. And so I filed a bill. It's actually
a constitutional amendment. We need to be simple and common
sense and say, you know what, enough is enough. Never
ending property taxes are unethical, they're moral, They've got to
be abolished. So I filed a constitutional amendment that would,
(00:59):
over the course of the next five years, make up
all property taxes in Texas unconstitutional.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
But I'm also filing legislations so that people can benefit
right now.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
I mean, after the first special session ended, the entire
liberal Austin UNI Party was gas lighting voters into try
and believe they cut their property taxes by fifty billion dollars.
This was the ridiculous talking point they were saying. But
the reality is their tax bills were going to go up.
But we need relief right now. I believe we should
cut property taxes in half this special session immediately and
(01:29):
then abolish all the rest of them, phase all the
rest of them out over a period of a couple
of years. We could absolutely do it. We just need
some courage down in Austin. The Texas voters deserve bold
Republican leadership. They have not been getting it. But that's
all I'm going to be pushing for every day of
this special session.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Hot on the heels of the massive flooding uner Kirk County,
the officials there announced a property tax increase. I want
to say, it's an eight percent property tax increase. I mean, yes,
they haven't even dried out yet. I guess I know
the voters there are very anti property tax, so I'm
guessing this probably is not going to go over or
isn't going over very well. But what would you suggest
(02:06):
that Kirk County do in an effort to try to
raise funds to be able to survive this disaster.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Well, the first thing, I mean, like you said that
not even dry down there yet. I mean, let's get
through this and do a correct assessment on what exactly
went wrong before the problem is most government officials, their
knee jerk reaction in all circumstances is the same raised
taxes on the people. That's not what folks down there one.
I was talking to them yesterday. I put out a
(02:33):
statement on this. I actually believe it's outrageous that the
county commissioners are laying the groundwork for an eight percent
property tax increased.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
This is the problem all of the so called property tax.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Reform bills that Austin brags about every session, they're so
full of these loopholes and exceptions that are exploited by
local governments all across the state of Texas. And so
we got Austin uniparty swamp Republicans saying, oh, we cut
your property taxes.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
But the reality is.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Local governments in the county go all these governments are
raising people's tax effective rates. So all Texans know is
that their bills, their taxabil at the end of the
year goes up every year. And so one of the
other bills that I filed, that I've been pushing for
four years now or multiple years.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Is it.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
And I don't think property taxes should be abolished, but
as long as we have them, we should at least
make property tax increases illegal unless they're approved by the
voters in elections House Bill forty three in.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
This upcoming special session. That's the bare minimum. The least
we should do is at least make property tax takes
illegal unless the voters. So, for example, in Kirk County,
they say there's a need to raise revenue this one
cycle for this extraordinary reason, they would.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Have the opportunity to raise the revenue.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
But the catch is the tax payers and the voters
have to be able to be put in charge to
agree and say, you know what, Yes, in this instance,
we need to raise taxes. But unless the voters approve it,
all property tax types should be illegal. That should be
the low hanging fruit. And that is the bare minimum
that I expect for us to do this session.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
As of Monday, adorns sixty bills have been filed. Many
of them are still key issues that just didn't get
through the governor Avid wants and including property tax relief,
some abortion restrictions of band on taxpayer funded lobbying. How
many of these bills do you think actually get through
or actually get considered in this special session.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
I have no idea, but here's one thing I want.
The point I want to make is when I was trying,
you know, sounding the alarm all session on regular media
and social media and talking with you guys at KTRH
about how liberal the session was, the fact that the
governor had to put all these Republican Party priorities back
on a special session and drag us back there, it's
pure proof positive at what a liberal disaster the regular
(04:46):
session was. And on the taxpayer funded lobbying thing, Look,
it's outrageous that Texans are having their hard earned tax
money weaponized against them, against their values and their children,
to hire liberal lobbyists to to go down there and
lobby the government for more taxes, more regulations, and liberal
extreme ideas.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Like the Texas Associational.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
School Boards, lobbyists paid for by taxpayers, sent to Austin
to go lobby to put men in little girls public
school bathrooms.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
We must ban taxpayer funded lobbying. We should have done
it many many years ago.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
In addition to finally putting our state on a path
to eliminate property taxes, Texas voted for bold conservative Republican
leadership when they re elected President Trump by fourteen points.
But unfortunately, the Biden Harris coalition is still controlling much
of the Austin swamp and Texans deserve better. We should
be the number one state than America for liberty. We've
(05:44):
got a reputation for leading in small government and individual
freedom and liberty, but we've just been coasting on that
reputation for too long.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
You're right about that, sir. Thanks as always, good to
talk to you. Texas State Representative Brian Harrison from District
ten
I know there being a midnight sessions, but there will
be a special session, that's for sure. Texas State Representative
Brian Harrison from District ten joins us to talk about
the special session. Bills are already starting to be filed.
I think one of those bills is yours, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Ten of them are mine?
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Oh? Ten, okay, I know, I know the about the
one on property taxes. Tell us about that one first. Well, yeah,
I mean, we got to deal with property taxes.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
This was the most anti tax payer regular session maybe
in the history of the state. We blew through the
whole surplus to fund you know, DEI and transgender ideology,
and we failed on the number one.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Thing we were supposed to do, which was deal with
property taxes.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
So, as the first elected Republican in Texas to demand
a special session to deal with property taxes, I'm glad
we're going to go back to get another bite at
the apple. And so I filed a bill. It's actually
a constitutional amendment. We need to be simple and common
sense and say, you know what, enough is enough. Never
ending property taxes are unethical, they're moral, They've got to
be abolished. So I filed a constitutional amendment that would,
(00:59):
over the course of the next five years, make up
all property taxes in Texas unconstitutional.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
But I'm also filing legislations so that people can benefit
right now.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
I mean, after the first special session ended, the entire
liberal Austin UNI Party was gas lighting voters into try
and believe they cut their property taxes by fifty billion dollars.
This was the ridiculous talking point they were saying. But
the reality is their tax bills were going to go up.
But we need relief right now. I believe we should
cut property taxes in half this special session immediately and
(01:29):
then abolish all the rest of them, phase all the
rest of them out over a period of a couple
of years. We could absolutely do it. We just need
some courage down in Austin. The Texas voters deserve bold
Republican leadership. They have not been getting it. But that's
all I'm going to be pushing for every day of
this special session.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Hot on the heels of the massive flooding uner Kirk County,
the officials there announced a property tax increase. I want
to say, it's an eight percent property tax increase. I mean, yes,
they haven't even dried out yet. I guess I know
the voters there are very anti property tax, so I'm
guessing this probably is not going to go over or
isn't going over very well. But what would you suggest
(02:06):
that Kirk County do in an effort to try to
raise funds to be able to survive this disaster.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Well, the first thing, I mean, like you said that
not even dry down there yet. I mean, let's get
through this and do a correct assessment on what exactly
went wrong before the problem is most government officials, their
knee jerk reaction in all circumstances is the same raised
taxes on the people. That's not what folks down there one.
I was talking to them yesterday. I put out a
(02:33):
statement on this. I actually believe it's outrageous that the
county commissioners are laying the groundwork for an eight percent
property tax increased.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
This is the problem all of the so called property tax.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Reform bills that Austin brags about every session, they're so
full of these loopholes and exceptions that are exploited by
local governments all across the state of Texas. And so
we got Austin uniparty swamp Republicans saying, oh, we cut
your property taxes.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
But the reality is.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Local governments in the county go all these governments are
raising people's tax effective rates. So all Texans know is
that their bills, their taxabil at the end of the
year goes up every year. And so one of the
other bills that I filed, that I've been pushing for
four years now or multiple years.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Is it.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
And I don't think property taxes should be abolished, but
as long as we have them, we should at least
make property tax increases illegal unless they're approved by the
voters in elections House Bill forty three in.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
This upcoming special session. That's the bare minimum. The least
we should do is at least make property tax takes
illegal unless the voters. So, for example, in Kirk County,
they say there's a need to raise revenue this one
cycle for this extraordinary reason, they would.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Have the opportunity to raise the revenue.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
But the catch is the tax payers and the voters
have to be able to be put in charge to
agree and say, you know what, Yes, in this instance,
we need to raise taxes. But unless the voters approve it,
all property tax types should be illegal. That should be
the low hanging fruit. And that is the bare minimum
that I expect for us to do this session.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
As of Monday, adorns sixty bills have been filed. Many
of them are still key issues that just didn't get
through the governor Avid wants and including property tax relief,
some abortion restrictions of band on taxpayer funded lobbying. How
many of these bills do you think actually get through
or actually get considered in this special session.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
I have no idea, but here's one thing I want.
The point I want to make is when I was trying,
you know, sounding the alarm all session on regular media
and social media and talking with you guys at KTRH
about how liberal the session was, the fact that the
governor had to put all these Republican Party priorities back
on a special session and drag us back there, it's
pure proof positive at what a liberal disaster the regular
(04:46):
session was. And on the taxpayer funded lobbying thing, Look,
it's outrageous that Texans are having their hard earned tax
money weaponized against them, against their values and their children,
to hire liberal lobbyists to to go down there and
lobby the government for more taxes, more regulations, and liberal
extreme ideas.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Like the Texas Associational.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
School Boards, lobbyists paid for by taxpayers, sent to Austin
to go lobby to put men in little girls public
school bathrooms.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
We must ban taxpayer funded lobbying. We should have done
it many many years ago.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
In addition to finally putting our state on a path
to eliminate property taxes, Texas voted for bold conservative Republican
leadership when they re elected President Trump by fourteen points.
But unfortunately, the Biden Harris coalition is still controlling much
of the Austin swamp and Texans deserve better. We should
be the number one state than America for liberty. We've
(05:44):
got a reputation for leading in small government and individual
freedom and liberty, but we've just been coasting on that
reputation for too long.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
You're right about that, sir. Thanks as always, good to
talk to you. Texas State Representative Brian Harrison from District
ten
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