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: 5, Informative) by takyon on Saturday March 03 2018, @07:24AM (1 child)
500,000 / 325 million (whole U.S. population) = 0.15%
500,000 / 250,056,000 (estimated U.S. voting age population) = 0.2%
500,000 / 138,847,000 (estimated number who voted in 2016) = 0.36%
NRA has about 5 million members, so more like 1.5% of the nation than 5%. If we assume every one of them votes, that's about 3.6% of 2016 voters (and total turnout could decline in 2020).
I hope this cleared up some of the BS numbers being thrown around in the thread.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_the_United_States_presidential_elections [wikipedia.org]
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-many-members-does-the-nra-really-have_us_59651114e4b005b0fdc8fe90 [huffingtonpost.com]
http://time.com/5176471/national-rifle-association-membership-florida-shooting/ [time.com]
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 03 2018, @07:55AM