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Boom! Georgia lawmakers yank tax break for Delta after airline cuts ties with NRA
[link to www.foxnews.com]

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. 

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.

But in the wake of the Atlanta-based airline’s decision to end its relationship with the NRA, Cagle, who is running to succeed Deal in November, warned that he would block any legislation that could prove to be beneficial to them.

“I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with the @NRA,” Cagle, who heads the Georgia State Senate, tweeted on Monday. “Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back.”

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I agree... It thrilled me to see this!
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[link to www.foxnews.com]

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. 

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.

But in the wake of the Atlanta-based airline’s decision to end its relationship with the NRA, Cagle, who is running to succeed Deal in November, warned that he would block any legislation that could prove to be beneficial to them.

“I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with the @NRA,” Cagle, who heads the Georgia State Senate, tweeted on Monday. “Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back.”
 Quoting: WorldofMadness


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Now someone needs figure out how to shaft Wal-mart, Dick's and Krogers!
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I agree... It thrilled me to see this!
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I heard several other states have expressed interest in Delta moving to their state

Wonder if they will ?

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I agree... It thrilled me to see this!
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I heard several other states have expressed interest in Delta moving to their state

Wonder if they will ?

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Ya lets just move an airport to another location.
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I agree... It thrilled me to see this!
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I heard several other states have expressed interest in Delta moving to their state

Wonder if they will ?

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Ya lets just move an airport to another location.
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LOL, you do know that the Airlines DON'T own the Airport right ?

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Delta will stay
Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world.

Also, that tax break they were getting was pennies for them so I don't think they care very much.
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Delta will stay
Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world.

Also, that tax break they were getting was pennies for them so I don't think they care very much.
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Ya, otherwise they wouldn’t have applied for it.
50 million exemption. Chump change.
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This news makes me happy.
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To me that sounds like plain old extortion. You won’t give a discount to nra members we cut off a tax break. Gay couple wants to buy a cake... go ahead deny them service because it goes against our moral standing.


Georgia... your hypocrisy is showing.
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Delta will stay
Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world.

Also, that tax break they were getting was pennies for them so I don't think they care very much.
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Not hardly, look at any of the legacy carriers score card since inception and airlines are losing entities overall.

They are making money hand over fist right now but 13 years ago it was BK for them...
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To me that sounds like plain old extortion. You won’t give a discount to nra members we cut off a tax break. Gay couple wants to buy a cake... go ahead deny them service because it goes against our moral standing.


Georgia... your hypocrisy is showing.
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Not nearly as bad as the liberal extortion of boycotting an entire state because they don't want to let men into the girls' restrooms. That effects many businesses, not just one. And it's about time to let them know it can work both ways.
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Re: Boom! Georgia lawmakers yank tax break for Delta after airline cuts ties with NRA
[link to www.foxnews.com]

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. 

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.

But in the wake of the Atlanta-based airline’s decision to end its relationship with the NRA, Cagle, who is running to succeed Deal in November, warned that he would block any legislation that could prove to be beneficial to them.

“I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with the @NRA,” Cagle, who heads the Georgia State Senate, tweeted on Monday. “Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back.”
 Quoting: WorldofMadness


It's the ECONOMY!!! I'm on that Trump train 5a5a
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“Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back.”
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That ideological specificity has been absent in most public debates for decades. It's needed and long overdue.

By contrast, President Trump talks and Tweets about "fake," "crooked," "little," "lying," "son of a bitch," etc, but he never uses the adjectives of "liberal" and "conservative."

Right now he should be fussing over not a lack of enough gun control, but on the fact the Department of Education - among others - is promoting a policy where public schools are encouraged to not expel students based on the notion that it's mean and un-nice if those students are non-white and therefore meet the criteria set forth in the Liberal Handbook of Political Correctness.



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Nice, political statement just cost them $50,000,000.00

Publicly held companies’ board of directors are answerable to the share holders. The board’s politics just cost the real owners of the airline $50M.
Good luck with re-election.

This is the best news I’ve heard in weeks.
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Nice, political statement just cost them $50,000,000.00

Publicly held companies’ board of directors are answerable to the share holders. The board’s politics just cost the real owners of the airline $50M.
Good luck with re-election.

This is the best news I’ve heard in weeks.
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Surely, there must have been a vote before Delta announced...(not that many play the stock market anyway)...
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FABULOUS.
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Sounds illegal though.
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Now THAT is fucking winning!
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At least some politicians know where their bread and butter come from! Don't fuck with my guns!
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I am going to cancel my Amex delta platinum cad.. I am not a big fish but I am happy to take a stand just like I did with Starbucks, target macys and others...

Fuck em’5a
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Re: Boom! Georgia lawmakers yank tax break for Delta after airline cuts ties with NRA
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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. 


 Quoting: WorldofMadness


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This just ensures Dem victories across the board the the primaries and general. GA is going to turn blue.
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Been hearing this around here for a few days now...

Glad they yanked the breaks from the stupid airline in a major hub state!!

Suck it Delta! The South Fights back....




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Atlanta is the main hub for Delta. Their corporate office is located there as well as a reservation center. Yea, they could move their corp offices and reservation center, but it would cost them more than 40 mil. They have to keep Atlanta as a hub because of all the aircraft maintenance services they have there.

Delta has received lots of bad press lately. It's a shame. Years ago it was rated one of the best airlines to fly or work for. Now, not so much. It is one of only three of the legacy airlines left in the US (pre-deregulation). The other two are United and American.

Maybe companies will learn to stay out of politics. I wonder how many stockholders are NRA members? It would not take a lot to proxy a bunch and have a hell of a time at the next stockholders meeting.





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