Georgia Republicans threaten to stop Delta tax break over NRA decision
Quote:The state's Republicans — including a major candidate for governor— are threatening to kill part of a bill that would eliminate a state tax on jet fuel. If it passes, the provision is expected to save the Atlanta-based airline tens of millions of dollars.
"We felt that it was wrong for them to single out one company," [1] said Chuck Hufstetler, chairman of the state's Senate Finance Committee. Delta (DAL) on Saturday announced that It would end discounted rates for National Rifle Association members.
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Georgia's House of Representatives voted in favor of the legislation last week. It also won over Republican Governor Nathan Deal, who called the measure an important part of the state's tax reform plan that would "keep Georgia competitive as a major international hub of commerce." [2]
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Georgia Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, a frontrunner in the state's gubernatorial race this year, vowed to "kill any tax legislation" that helps Delta unless it reverses course.
"Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back," [3] he tweeted.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/26/news/companies/delta-nra-georgia-republican/
So much I don't like about this. First, I'll start by saying that I didn't feel great about seeing the various companies dropping their affiliation with the NRA last week. I mean, I get it, but it's just hammering the wedge that's being driven between everyday Americans, while none of this crap will be any skin off the noses of the businesses in question, or the NRA. I guess we should've known the day is fast coming when we'll need a god damned rolodex of the companies we can't patronize, because everyone has to take a side on everything. But I guess this is what happens when we elect a bloviating internet junkie as Complainer in Chief, and he ushers in the era of conservative media as the face of the White House...
[1] Never really thought about the NRA as "one company", but whatever. And I'd be curious to know what these folks' stance is on the cake makers who refuse to provide their tasty delights to those wicked sodomites intending on wrecking the sanctity (lol) of marriage
[2] Yeah they've got bigger fish to fry than their attempts to bolster the state's economic viability now. Millions of dollars in donations' worth – from "one company"
[3] Interesting that he should falsely frame NRA membership as a wholly conservative organization. But anyway, what really mashes my taters is that this is now the modus operandi. There is no longer any veil. Government officials are full-on bent on public revenge for every slight. No diplomacy. No decency. Everything's a fight. Everyone's a victim. And it's all a massive spectacle where these people have just joined in to the fray that all of us have been in since the beginning of the internet. And they're doing it all, ostensibly, on our behalf. 'You, the people, are suffering' they'll say, 'So we will go out and punch back, hurt them worse than you are hurting, because that's what you want, and that's what you do.'
