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    #25035667 - 03/03/18 10:17 AM (6 years, 27 days ago)

The Lt. Governor of Georgia, Casey Cagle, is threatening to pull subsidies from Delta if they don not reinstate discounts to NRA members.  This is blatant corruption. 



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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: Asclepius] * 1
    #25035928 - 03/03/18 12:21 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

Wow, this should be interesting  :popcorn:


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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: Asclepius] * 3
    #25035954 - 03/03/18 12:36 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

We need to seriously buckle down on this kind of shit. No company should be getting tax breaks after not giving out discounts. That’s just blatant thievery. I hope super trains and other more efficient forms of transportation kill the flight industry. It’s such bullshit to have companies swindle taxes like that.

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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: Falcon91Wolvrn03]
    #25035956 - 03/03/18 12:37 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

No doubt about it.  I wonder if the Supreme Court is going to get involved, not taking into account possible corruption charges.


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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: StonedhillDefender]
    #25035960 - 03/03/18 12:41 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

I agree.  But this also stems from several Supreme Court decisions giving corporations virtually unlimited power -- and they now own the politicians.  It's just rare to see politicians publicly behaving so corrupt.


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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: StonedhillDefender] * 1
    #25036026 - 03/03/18 01:18 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

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We need to seriously buckle down on this kind of shit. No company like this should be getting tax breaks form for even giving out discounts. That’s just blatant thievery. I hope super trains and other more efficient forms of transportation kill the flight industry. It’s such bullshit to have companies swindle taxes like that.




They were not given a tax break for giving discounted flights to NRA members lol. They were given a tax break for locating their headquarters in Atlanta which makes up a major percentage of the states GDP and thus greatly increased the states tax revenue and its citizens job prospects and income.

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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: Asclepius] * 2
    #25036107 - 03/03/18 02:07 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2018/02/cuomo-invites-delta-to-move-to-ny/
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement Tuesday invited Delta Air Lines to move to New York as Georgia elected officials threaten to claw back tax breaks to company after the airline dropped its discounted benefits package for National Rifle Association members.

“Now more than ever the NRA is showing just how out of step they are with the American people,” Cuomo said.

“Delta is sending a clear signal that it opposes the NRA’s dangerous agenda, which is putting our children and our families at risk. While Georgia politicians may disagree with the airline’s principled stand, we here in the Empire State welcome Delta with open arms, and invite them to move their headquarters here.”






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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: vinsue]
    #25036355 - 03/03/18 03:56 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

Take that, Casey Cagle!  :sploosh:


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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: krypto2000] * 1
    #25036383 - 03/03/18 04:06 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

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StonedhillDefender said:
We need to seriously buckle down on this kind of shit. No company like this should be getting tax breaks form for even giving out discounts. That’s just blatant thievery. I hope super trains and other more efficient forms of transportation kill the flight industry. It’s such bullshit to have companies swindle taxes like that.




They were not given a tax break for giving discounted flights to NRA members lol. They were given a tax break for locating their headquarters in Atlanta which makes up a major percentage of the states GDP and thus greatly increased the states tax revenue and its citizens job prospects and income.




But their tax breaks might be removed if they step up to the NRA. So the tax breaks are de-facto for discounted flights to NRA members.

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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: Kryptos]
    #25036422 - 03/03/18 04:26 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

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...Delta Air Lines spokesman confirmed only 13 members of the National Rifle Association bought discounted tickets using a perk later withdrawn by the airline following the school massacre in Florida.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-delta-nra-gun-debate-20180302-story.html

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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: Kryptos]
    #25036613 - 03/03/18 06:03 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

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Kryptos said:
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krypto2000 said:
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StonedhillDefender said:
We need to seriously buckle down on this kind of shit. No company like this should be getting tax breaks form for even giving out discounts. That’s just blatant thievery. I hope super trains and other more efficient forms of transportation kill the flight industry. It’s such bullshit to have companies swindle taxes like that.




They were not given a tax break for giving discounted flights to NRA members lol. They were given a tax break for locating their headquarters in Atlanta which makes up a major percentage of the states GDP and thus greatly increased the states tax revenue and its citizens job prospects and income.




But their tax breaks might be removed if they step up to the NRA. So the tax breaks are de-facto for discounted flights to NRA members.




That is not a valid conclusion at all. That's like saying if I received a nintendo 64 for christmas and then my mom took it away from me a few months later for refusing to do my homework that the nintendo 64 was given to me so that I would do my homework.

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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: krypto2000] * 2
    #25036846 - 03/03/18 07:59 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

Correct. But, drawing a direct comparison from your example to the current situation, Delta's choice to rescind discounts is Georgia's version of "not doing your homework". So, Georgia has clearly stepped up in support of the NRA and linked their tax breaks to preferential treatment of NRA members.

So, to bring it back to your example, maybe doing your homework wan't a factor in getting the nintendo, but doing your homework in now clearly a precondition of keeping it.

The Lt. Gov said as much, when he tweeted that until Delta brings back preferential treatment of NRA members, he will kill any tax legislation that potentially helps Delta.

Seems like the NRA has bought themselves a state government.

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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: Kryptos]
    #25036919 - 03/03/18 08:49 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

:whathesaid:


Fucked up, isn't it?


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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: Asclepius] * 1
    #25037063 - 03/03/18 09:55 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

Not really. Corporations are legally people, and people run the government. It is only logical to assume that eventually, a corporation would take a spot in the government.

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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: Kryptos] * 1
    #25037078 - 03/03/18 10:03 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

Just wait until the NRA runs for a senate seat


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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: ballsalsa] * 2
    #25037123 - 03/03/18 10:29 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

You joke, but at the same time, I don't think that there is any legal reason they can't...

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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: Kryptos] * 1
    #25037235 - 03/03/18 11:27 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

That was a '76 Supreme Court ruling, yeah?  Also, money is free speech -- I had to throw that out there.


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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: ballsalsa] * 1
    #25037263 - 03/03/18 11:45 PM (6 years, 27 days ago)

The NRA has 51 senate seats


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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: koods]
    #25037281 - 03/04/18 12:03 AM (6 years, 27 days ago)

Yeah, but I mean literal, Senator NRA (R-Interstate) type senator seat.

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Re: Lt. Governor of Georgia Threatens Delta [Re: Kryptos]
    #25037297 - 03/04/18 12:14 AM (6 years, 27 days ago)

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You joke, but at the same time, I don't think that there is any legal reason they can't...




I wasn't joking.  We won't know what will happen until a corporate entity runs, wins, and the court battle gets to SCOTUS


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