Lawmakers in Georgia removed a $38 million tax exemption for jet fuel from tax-cut legislation on Thursday in a move that will punish Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines.
Republicans vowed to remove the exemption after the airline cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Georgia's Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle (R), who is also running for governor, had threatened to kill any tax legislation that benefits Delta after the company's decision to end a discount program for NRA members.
[...] "I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with @NRA," Angle tweeted earlier this week.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bzipitidoo on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:20AM (1 child)
Corporations wangle a lot of tax breaks. Too many, from what I hear. So I don't have much sympathy for a large corporation suddenly losing a tax break, whatever reasons the politicians make up.
Georgia politicians must think that there's so much sympathy for the NRA or dislike of Delta, or both, that this action will score points with the voters. They don't really care about the NRA or Delta, they only care about whatever money they get out of it.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by number11 on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:56AM
Hey, Delta can always move their HQ back to Minnesota (where Northwest Airlines was based). Of course, they screwed a lot of Northwest employees when the merged airlines moved to Atlanta, so they can't expect a great deal of sympathy from Minnesotans. But sure, they can come back, if they promise to cover the pensions of the workers they shafted.