05-19-2023, 11:52 AM
(05-19-2023, 11:38 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: And Georgia was perfectly fine with the tax breaks they gave Delta until Delta criticized their new laws on voting. I even provided you with the link above. Taking away special privileges isn't violating your rights, it's treating you the same as everyone else. Now, if they imposed penalties unique to Disney you'd have a point, but what they did was take away special privileges unique to Disney. The comparison to the Delta/GA case is an apples to apples comparison. Disney has no case here.
It's not apples-to-apples for a few reasons. One, the House passed the legislation in Georgia, it did not become law. Two, the legislation would've ended the sales tax exemption for all jet fuel sales, not just for Delta. It just would've impacted Delta more than anyone else. In the Disney case, it was specifically targeted legislation. Third, and most important, DeSantis has stated publicly, including in his book, that the move was retaliatory against Disney for their statements.
Like it or not, our law sees corporations as individuals with constitutional rights, meaning that they have the right to free speech. Government actions that specifically target them and have explicitly been stated to be retaliatory are infringing on those rights. There not a 0% chance of Florida succeeding in this legal battle, but I give them less than a 5% chance, even with a friendly SCOTUS.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
