Joe Barton: “These governors support tax limitation, for one simple reason, it works. There are 14 States that have tax limitation…”

“These governors support tax limitation, for one simple reason, it works. There are 14 States that have tax limitation, either constitutional requirements or legislative requirements; and in those 14 States, the Heritage Foundation did a study several years ago and came to the conclusion that in every State that had it, taxes were lower. They went up slower. Consequently, economic growth was faster and more people got jobs more quickly. The original Constitution as passed in 1787 had a direct prohibition in Article I, section 9, against direct taxes.”