Governor Mike Braun: A Veto Is Nothing More Than Symbolic
Late last night, the controversial property tax bill passed through the Indiana Senate, headed to Governor Mike Braun to sign. While property tax relief was one of Braun’s chief campaign promise for Hoosiers, the legislative process has largely taken away relief and may actually increase homeowners’ overall taxes. So, why is the Governor signing this bill that is disliked by the left and the right? Per Governor Mike Braun a veto is largely only symbolic here in Indiana because a simple majority can override a Governor’s veto.
Tony Katz:
Nearly every homeowner, farmer and business owner benefits from tax cuts, reforms and stronger taxpayer protections. And Governor Braun writes:
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsHoosiers, last night we delivered on nearly $1.5 billion in property tax cuts. Nearly every homeowner, farmer, and business owner benefits from tax cuts, reforms, and stronger taxpayer protections. Check out the highlights here! pic.twitter.com/cgYUq5VQcH
— Governor Mike Braun (@GovBraun) April 15, 2025
Governor Mike Braun joins us right now, the governor of the state of Indiana. I wanted to discuss the property taxes with you… When the primaries were going on and there were a multiplicity of people running for governor, I sat down with everybody for about an hour in the Urban 1 studios there at 40 Monument Circle, and we discussed a whole range of issues and to a person, property taxes. Came up, property taxes weren’t issued, property taxes were too high. You put forth a plan after a winning and being inaugurated.
And what we see now, something that you are saying in in social media that you will sign is not what was put out there in the ether. Why should Hoosiers be OK with this new adopted SB that was that was just passed in the early morning hours today.
Governor Mike Braun:
Excellent question because when you run on something like that, and you put a bogey out there in terms of what you’d like to do. I’ve been, uh, nine years a legislator and know how that works. Three years in the State House, 6 out in DC. You’re going to start in a place to hopefully end up where you’re getting everything you’d want but knowing that you got to go through the process of legislation and obviously. There were voices out there, one of your own and Rob Kendall, that made it a big deal. I’ve aligned with it because I heard it over one or two years, but that was something that still disappointed me because they said SB1 and then had my bill template in it and then immediately started listening to vested interests in terms of local governments and school boards and put it into a shell of what it was. So, we were starting from scratch.
Tony Katz:
Do you feel those school boards, those local interests were wrong? Talking about, “we can’t handle these cuts, we don’t deserve these cuts, we have to raise taxes, have to raise taxes.” Do you think they were wrong?
Governor Mike Braun:
I do because I think they were through a period people, they were able to take the federal largess, weave it in some of them on a habitual basis rather than a one off. And when you look at how much state government grew along with some local jurisdictions, not all, about a third of them were responsible. They’ll have less to get used to now that we’re back in not growing the government more than the, you know, economy grows, which I’ve always said should be the measurement. So, I think they took their lobbyists. They stoked up fears that you weren’t going to be able to do the basics of education and local government services and erred on that side. And that is why I think SB1 got gutted because there weren’t enough people showing up at their local meetings for the school board meetings and city councils, in county councils and commissioners. Now going forward with what we’ve gained here, that’s where the focus needs to be in terms of complaining. If you’re fed up with what your locals are doing, we can’t do a state government fix to take care of a local issue. This is a great start, though.
Tony Katz:
You say it’s a great start. Now you can do this. You refer to these local officials and mayors, et cetera as they, you referred to SB1 just now as being gutted and then you have said you’re going to sign this. The question is why?
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