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Mike Mazzei on Jobs

 

 


End income tax, instead of raising minimum wage

Q: In today's economy, a person working a minimum wage job would need to work an average of 90 hours per week to afford a market rate one-bedroom apartment. How do we fix this?

MAZZEI: That's why my economic growth plan is so important. And that's why we have to become a no income tax state. So we stop losing great high paying jobs. When an Oklahoma company like Devon Energy decides to go to the no income tax state of Texas, my plan is very workable because it's done on what we call a revenue neutral strategy. In year one, we can lower your income tax rate from 4.5% to 3% by cleaning out a ton of the $2 billion worth of tax giveaways that are in our tax code.

MUNSON: We have a supply and demand issue on top of our affordability crisis. We are 80,000 units behind for our current population for Oklahomans to access affordable housing. We also do have a wage issue. We have to increase the minimum wage for everyday working people.

Source: PBS News (OETA) transcript of 2026 Oklahoma Governor debate , Oct 1, 2026

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