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class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 29 @ 8:49 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Jim Vance </span> </p> <p class="comment">Much ado about practically nothing.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718194422/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000106497025"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718194422im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100000106497025/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 29 @ 9:18 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718194422/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000106497025">Janice McCarty</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718194422/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153266336220837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Cutting these taxes will not significantly help low and middle income people and will have a negative affect on our state's ability to operate. 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