AUSTIN, Texas – Valley Interfaith and other groups that make up the Industrial Areas Foundation in Texas are strongly opposed to tax giveaways to large corporations.

In Austin, IAF is mobilizing opposition to House Bill 5, which supporters argue will boost economic development. 

In the attached audio interview, Rosalie Tristan and Joe Hinojosa, both organizers with Valley Interfaith, Joe Higgs from IAF, and Bob Fleming, an organizer with the Metropolitan Organization of Houston, say tax breaks for large corporations should not be paid for with monies that would otherwise go to public education. 

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