Charles McCall passed the largest tax hike in Oklahoma history and voted for higher taxes and fees 20+ times
As Mayor and City Councilor of Atoka, McCall voted to raise utility rates and sales taxes on his constituents. As Speaker of the Oklahoma House, he championed the 2018 “Step Up Oklahoma” plan — a $581 million tax hike described in news coverage as “the highest tax increase in the state’s history” — and successfully passed HB 1010xx, a $447 million tax package adding new taxes on gasoline, diesel, cigarettes, hotel stays, and oil and gas production. Across his legislative tenure, McCall cast at least 20 documented votes for higher taxes or fees, including driver license fees, cigarette taxes, motor fuel taxes, gross production taxes, court fees, vehicle registration fees, and tire recycling fees. Despite this record, his current campaign website claims he “cut taxes and wasteful spending.”
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“House passes $581 million tax plan, but it falls short of supermajority,” The Daily Oklahoman, 2/12/18 — https://www.oklahoman.com/
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“Oklahoma teachers given largest pay raise in state’s history,” The Oracle (Oral Roberts University), 7/16/18
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“Tax increase signed into law,” Miami News-Record, 3/29/18
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Atoka utility/sales tax votes: The Atoka County Times, 5/19/04, 7/28/04, and 9/15/04
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McCall campaign claim — https://mccallforoklahoma.com/charles-record/
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Oklahoma House roll-call records (HB 1010xx, HB 1011xx, HB 1054x, HB 1085x, SB 38, SB 433, SB 652, SB 716, SB 813, SB 840, SB 845, SB 878, HB 1449, HB 1670, HB 1844, HB 1996) — https://www.oklegislature.gov/