Quote (Surfpunk @ Apr 22 2022 11:36pm)

While the idea of special tax breaks for corporations is abhorrent (government spends more on corporate welfare than it does on public welfare), the idea that the removal of (and potential restoration of) a tax break contingent upon whether a corporation bends the knee to the government is equally abhorrent.

FFS, the Florida Lt Governor said that quiet part out loud on Newsmax (it's in the first couple of minutes or so; you can ignore the rest of the video).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_H8J1Pem4E

And what is really going to happen is that the taxpayers or Orange and Osceola Counties in Florida are going to see their property taxes skyrocket, as the existing Reedy Creek area has its own taxing authority which can't be simply replaced. Over $163 million dollars will hit county taxpayers, as will about $1 billion in bond debt. That could negatively impact the ability for them two issue new bonding for years to come.

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/22/1094316591/disney-world-desantis-florida-counties-taxes

Quote (Nibthebarb @ Apr 22 2022 10:42pm)

Times have changed. The people who call themselves liberals now are 100% in the camp of big corporations, monopolies, especially if they can be used in conjunction with government to be wielded against their enemies. The people who call themselves right-wing understand that Disney is an engine of the slow, grinding undermining of fundamental values that are foundational to a functioning society. The whole pro-business GOP thing is quickly becoming an irrelevant minority of the American right wing. Now, if only liberals could be like they were in the 1990s, there would be a proper, unified check on corporate power in America.

Quote (addone @ Apr 22 2022 08:51pm)

Disney can go and ride a woke train to bankruptcy.

Quote (theCrossbones @ Apr 23 2022 01:50am)

So your not anti cancel culture? You believe in it so strongly you support the gov't getting involved to attack people you don't agree with.

Quote (fuzzy159 @ Apr 23 2022 01:32am)

Disney made their stance. No one went out of their way to single them out.