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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   
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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• Re:pretext? (Score: 3, Interesting) by number11 on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:56AM

  by number11 (1170) on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:56AM (#646849)

  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.

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