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Georgia Denies Delta Tax Break After Airline Cuts Ties With NRA

posted by martyb on Saturday March 03 2018, @03:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the under-the-gun dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/376327-georgia-senate-passes-bill-that-effectively-punishes-delta-air-lines-for

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by TheGratefulNet on Saturday March 03 2018, @08:15AM (1 child)

    by TheGratefulNet (659) on Saturday March 03 2018, @08:15AM (#646932)

    republican voters are morons. you'll never change a single one.

    the only way to tip the balance is to get dems out to vote in key states.

    I've long given up trying to reach republicans. they are evil and pieces of shit.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:38PM (#647125)

    well you can start shooting them and not caring

    seems the kids in school learned how that works, who'd have thought that about teenagers at school

    homework for everyone is to track how they vote in the next election; the seniors and some juniors should be old enough to cast a vote for their political party at reference.

    we can work backwards to figure out why they voted the way they did. bonus credit for those students that that are identified as joining the nra to support them out of the fear that trump actually was talking about taking their guns and needed to be punished politically somehow.