
← Seeing Red: A Texas Politics Podcast25 Aug · 59 min
Rep. Jeff Barry: There Is No Free Tax Cut
Rep. Jeff Barry: There Is No Free Tax Cut
State Rep. Jeff Barry (R-Pearland) sits on the two committees at the center of next session's biggest fight: the governor, lieutenant governor, and House Speaker all want agencies to cut spending 3% across the board — and Barry breaks down why you can't cut property taxes without cutting state spending first. As a freshman on Appropriations, he walks through how a budget bill actually becomes law, why "Robin Hood" school funding is about to collide with the push to eliminate local school taxe...