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Texas’ Value. Irving’s Principles.
Cutting taxes on mom-and-pop businesses. As a small business owner, Linda Harper Brown knows many businesses are struggling with the choice of paying their state taxes or hiring additional employees. That’s why one of her proudest accomplishments is reducing the punitive Margins Tax for Texas’ small businesses – the same tax she opposed in 2005 – freeing up billions of dollars that can be used to promote economic growth.
Protecting taxpayers is job one. When politicians in Austin recently tried to expand our state government and raise taxes, Linda stood her ground on behalf of taxpayers and said “no” to unnecessary spending. This wasn’t the first time she fought for fiscal responsibility. Linda has helped cut waste to balance budget shortfalls and stood tall against a proposed new state income tax on working families.
Smaller government & lower taxes. Since first elected eight years ago, Linda Harper Brown took on Austin lobbyists and special interests to get rid of useless, big-government projects. When the state faced a $10 billion budget shortfall in 2003, she took a hard look at the books, cut wasteful spending and balanced the budget … without a tax increase.
Securing our borders. With the federal government doing very little to protect our borders, Linda is pushing for tougher laws to stop illegal immigration that is overwhelming our social services and schools, and costing taxpayers millions of dollars each year.
Leading for teachers & parents. A former School Board Trustee, Linda has worked with our dedicated teachers at the ground level to achieve academic excellence. Now, as our State Representative, she’s leading efforts in Austin to increase salaries for our best educators, improve our state’s teacher retirement fund and maintain local control of our schools.
Protecting our families. With a no-nonsense approach, Linda Harper Brown supports the toughest penalties possible for violent criminals and drug dealers who target Irving schools. And, Linda is working with law enforcement on more forceful ways to crack down on the growing gang violence threatening our children.
Opening Texas’ government. When first elected in 2002, Linda took on the status quo in Austin by leading efforts to provide a more open state government. To keep legislators from voting in secret, she helped pass a bill that required every vote in the Texas House to be officially recorded and made public.
Advocate for better transit. Linda has made sure DART keeps its promises to Irving families, guaranteeing rail services years ahead of schedule and she’s worked with state and federal officials to bring more than $2.5 billion in transportation improvements to our community.
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