Issue Position: Taxation

Issue Position

I have fought several ballot referendums that sought to raise taxes on hard-working Alabama residents. One of these tax increases was on the ballot in Colbert County. In 2013 Colbert had raised property taxes by 3 mills. By the spring of 2015 the Colbert County School Board was again seeking higher taxes. I led a group of grassroots activists who defeated this "Farm Tax" by a shocking 87% to 13% margin. (Over the next 2 years, the reserves of the Colbert County School Board went from $3 million to $6 million, proving the proposed tax increase had been completely unnecessary.)

As your representative, I will do my best to keep from raising taxes. I will seek instead to creatively fund necessary programs, eliminate government waste, and collect millions of dollars of taxes that slip through the cracks by those who cheat the system. I also am totally opposed to an Internet sales tax because it taxes a segment of our economy that is continuing to experience high growth and is creating new jobs.

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