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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: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 03 2018, @02:28PM (4 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 03 2018, @02:28PM (#647054) Journal

    it is you that would need to provide evidence that somehow birth control doesn't have the ability to reduce unwanted births.

    I haven't tried in the least to show that. My evidence shows the contrary.

  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:08PM (3 children)

    by sjames (2882) on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:08PM (#647101) Journal

    So what's your point then?

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:28PM (2 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:28PM (#647117) Journal
      I already stated [soylentnews.org] my reason way back when:

      You already indicated that you think it's perverse to oppose minor evils like birth control while ignoring that as a consequence major evils like unwanted pregnancies and abortions increase. We can then as I did, look at actual demographics data to see that indeed, some of those major evils have declined over a relevant period of time in support of your argument. Is that truly irrelevant? I don't think so.

      Offering supporting evidence for an assertion is reason 101.

      • (Score: 2) by sjames on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:47PM (1 child)

        by sjames (2882) on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:47PM (#647128) Journal

        So you're basically posting irrelevant information. The GOP, as I said wants to oppose all of the above even though birth control is pretty much the only effective measure to reduce both abortion and having babies people can't afford.

        So they oppose the problem AND they oppose the solution. They offer nothing in the way of an alternative solution that actually works. No wonder they get called the party of NO.

        • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 03 2018, @05:18PM

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 03 2018, @05:18PM (#647139) Journal
          Why are you still complaining? I've already explained why providing supporting evidence is relevant - something that should be obvious to you. Use that brain for something other than quickening the heat death of the universe.