Posted on 03/01/2018 2:40:42 PM PST by tkocur
Georgia lawmakers voted to nix a tax benefit for Atlanta-based Delta as part of a broader tax package approved Thursday, following the airline's decision to sever ties with the National Rifle Association.
The bill -- which includes a sweeping income tax cut -- cleared the state House on an overwhelming 135-24 vote, after being approved in the state Senate on a 44-10 vote. It now heads to the governor's desk.
The final version dropped an earlier amendment that would have renewed a jet fuel tax exemption worth $50 million that was taken off the books in 2015.
“Businesses have every legal right to make their own decisions, but the Republican majority in our state legislature also has every right to govern guided by our principles,” Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, who very publicly threatened to pull the airline tax break earlier this week, said in a statement.
LT. GOV. CASEY CAGLE REACTS ON 'CAVUTO LIVE,' SATURDAY AT 10 AM ET Republicans threaten to kill tax legislation that benefits companies who cut ties with NRA after Florida mass shooting.
Republican Gov. Nathan Deal, serving his last year in office, said he plans to sign the tax package, though he initially pushed for the airline tax break.
Deal said he would still pursue a jet fuel tax exemption separately.
The rejection of the tax break for now, though, marked a swift rebuke from state lawmakers, who had been weighing the restoration of the benefit until this week. It was originally pitched as an “airline tax break,” rather than one that would only benefit Delta.
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Add to this the BOYCOTT Delta is going to get, and I am betting the morons who run that crappy airline are going to pay for their hatred of the Constitution.
By the way, Delta, we conservatives are smart enough to know you’ll pass your “costs” along to customers. Which means you’re gonna have fewer customers too.
If by FAT chance I **ever** HAVE to fly Delta due to business or logistical reasons (and I will work like heck to NOT do so), I will make every effort to make certain the NRA-ILA gets a donation to offset supporting a business like Delta that thinks our God given rights are subject to the whims of sixteen year old children.
Yes, but I do know some conservatives who work on the Walking Dead set and they film in GA.
“Government doing things to drive business out of the state.”
Hope it drives Delta out of business.
https://corporateshopping.com/employee-discounts/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america-inc
Paging CNN.
Delta has every right to play politics......but I don't think a state's tax breaks (or tax money) should "reward" them for playing that game.
Yeh Baby!
Well, it’s not like they will go somewhere else to fuel up their planes, is it?
“The revolution will begin in the south, i have no doubt after moving here. People are pissed!”
White hot pissed north of the Mason Dixon too.
If my link just above is accurate, around 250 companies give PPFA employees a discount. If I could find that in a couple of minutes, CNN, what's your excuse?
I haven’t even read the article yet, but this is hilarious.
;)
excellent!
This time north and south might be united (parts of each).
Delta can’t leave. They’ll need to move to another major hub - and there’s not that many. Relocating will cost them more money than the tax breaks. And the new state likely wouldn’t give them a tax break anyway, so it would all be for nothing.
Why would they need to fuel the planes?
D-Doesn’t
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The last time I flew Delta was a multi-leg trip and EVERY leg was late, delayed or canceled. I did not reach my destination until after I was already supposed to have left! I’ll swim or walk before flying them again. United is rude and American doesn’t fly here but at least the flights are - most of the time - on time.
I’m pretty sure Amazon wouldn’t qualify for an airline tax break....
Go Vols!
Well that's easy, just raise the air fares and luggage fees.
lol! i suppose i otta learn something about football ...i might be asked to leave otherwise
actually when i moved here i was asked how did i vote and which church did i go to. i knew i was home...
Roughly the lower 1/3 of Illinois has cottonmouths, magnolia trees and southern accentts. Guess what they think of Chicago?
Oops.
Delta, what were you thinking?
Now, if we’d just start revoking the tax breaks of other public advocates of disregarding the U. S. Constitution.
If Delta wants to look, act, and talk like a duck then they should be treated as a duck.
Isn’t that what Gay people want?
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