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(41,780 posts) Mon Feb 26, 2018, 06:44 PM Feb 2018

Georgia conservatives threaten Delta tax break after airline cuts ties with NRA [View all]

Source: USA Today

Conservatives in Georgia's Senate have a message for Delta Air Lines: Renew your relationship with the National Rifle Association or you will pay the price.

The state House had approved a tax break that could provide a $40 million benefit to the airline, but members of the Senate vowed to fight the deal after Delta dropped its discounted fares Saturday for members of the NRA.

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, a Republican, vowed Monday to kill any tax break for Delta, which is headquartered in Atlanta, unless the airline revived its discount program.

“Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back,” Cagle said.

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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/02/26/georgia-senate-stalls-delta-tax-break-dispute-over-discounted-fare-agreement-nra/374215002/

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Georgia conservatives threaten Delta tax break after airline cuts ties with NRA [View all] jpak Feb 2018 OP

As an Atlantan, this is not playing well here. DAL employs 32K people just in GA. CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #1

Please explain - I'm missing your point. vkkv Feb 2018 #9

Repubs threatening to punish Delta for severing ties with NRA groundloop Feb 2018 #26

The white wing bumpkins bashing Delta are too stupid to realize Hoyt Feb 2018 #41

Those assholes know what they are doing hueymahl Feb 2018 #66

Years ago, I lived in Cobb county. This was in the 1990s during the confederate state flag debate. Hoyt Feb 2018 #70

Links to stories to back up your news would be appreciated. vkkv Feb 2018 #71

Here's one: klook Feb 2018 #78

WORTHLESS !! WHAT THE F**K does your response have to do with the NRA ???!!! vkkv Feb 2018 #80

Please, stop shouting. You'll hurt your throat. klook Feb 2018 #81

Let Delta threaten to move its hub trc Feb 2018 #2

Memphis is the Fedex hub. Just 300 mi away. TheSmarterDog Feb 2018 #10

There are 2000 acres of unused land at RDU that would be perfect for a hub jmowreader Feb 2018 #17

There are some on the thread "sowing discord" suggesting ridiculous responses from Delta. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #40

Chattanooga! d_r Feb 2018 #37

Yep. Game on. I seem to remember the Georgia GOP backed down when Coke threatened to "move" Freethinker65 Feb 2018 #30

The gun addicts will choose their vice over commerce every time. Initech Feb 2018 #42

Moving Delta's hub / hq would not be easy. Calista241 Feb 2018 #43

Not if they are attacked...and any state would pay big money to get those jobs . Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #58

HQ is easy, hub not so much RainCaster Feb 2018 #74

Why should the NRA get discounted fares in the first place? YOHABLO Feb 2018 #3

The discount was for fares to the NRA annual meeting Shrek Feb 2018 #61

"discount was for fares to the NRA annual meeting" mitch96 Feb 2018 #76

So the GA GOPers, who presumably believe that corporations The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #4

Congress attacking one business on behalf of another Fullduplexxx Feb 2018 #5

Not Congress, the Georgia Legislature. But still. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #11

The NRA isn't a business grumpyduck Feb 2018 #12

The NRA is a business masquerading as a non-profit. TheSmarterDog Feb 2018 #14

Oh, right... jberryhill Feb 2018 #48

LOL....like Jim Baker and PTL wasn't a business 30+ years ago..... Bengus81 Feb 2018 #65

These people do seem to worship at The Church of the NRA. n/t Beartracks Mar 2018 #84

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle: bu bye ! YOHABLO Feb 2018 #6

How do conservatives get away w/ allowing people to be killed, then whine about being attacked? TheSmarterDog Feb 2018 #7

+1 Conservatives have their priorities mixed up. They need to be marginalized. ffr Feb 2018 #13

They don't have their priorities mixed up. They just know who votes for them. Calista241 Feb 2018 #46

Seems to me they're trying to set a precedent grumpyduck Feb 2018 #8

Hey, grumpy! MyOwnPeace Feb 2018 #34

Thank you grumpyduck Feb 2018 #38

Delta Rebl2 Feb 2018 #15

Every time I hear a politician run to Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #16

Corporations are people! Roy Rolling Feb 2018 #18

Well, yeah, kinda', like, maybe.............. MyOwnPeace Feb 2018 #36

For my fellow Georgians, here's how to contact Casey Cagle (a Repuke) Glorfindel Feb 2018 #19

Thanks for the link..... groundloop Feb 2018 #32

A business refusing to sell a cake to certain customers. A business refusing to give discounts to ce keithbvadu2 Feb 2018 #20

Are you really equating discrimination against LGBT Americans dbackjon Feb 2018 #22

Both cases of a business discriminating against certain customers. keithbvadu2 Feb 2018 #24

Refusing to sell your product to a customer PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #27

Actually, I agree with you. keithbvadu2 Feb 2018 #33

Weird way to make your point NT hueymahl Feb 2018 #68

No; the cake example shows how one group of spooky3 Feb 2018 #47

That would be true if ALL discounts were cancelled for ALL customers. keithbvadu2 Feb 2018 #50

What other groups get discounts? spooky3 Feb 2018 #51

Read my reply to poindexter keithbvadu2 Feb 2018 #52

Wouldn't a tax break be the same as a "discount" on taxes? MichMan Feb 2018 #55

I personally am not a fan of corporate welfare. If a company spooky3 Feb 2018 #57

No - not at all jpak Feb 2018 #29

No, one breaks civil rights laws...they tried this in the Jim Crow days...and gun owner are Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #59

No -- you need to try better obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #63

Time for Delta to move their headquarters! blue neen Feb 2018 #21

Precisely. pressbox69 Feb 2018 #62

Will never happen hueymahl Feb 2018 #69

Is this legal? AC_Mem Feb 2018 #23

Cagle is saying all NRA members are conservatives, and specifically Republicans LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2018 #25

lit up the Lt. Guv's phone line Sparko55 Feb 2018 #28

What is the Georgia governments official job description for the NRA? world wide wally Feb 2018 #31

So the republicans in the Georgia think that the 40 million tax break is more important turbinetree Feb 2018 #35

Why do they ALWAYS whine like the pathetic losers they are Liberalagogo Feb 2018 #39

I think the cons have also just taken Atlanta off the list spooky3 Feb 2018 #44

Sounds like Extortion. Dawson Leery Feb 2018 #45

That's right. They_Live Feb 2018 #49

I live in Ga. AND my son works for Delta. I suggest Delta sue the Senate. Members of napi21 Feb 2018 #53

Conservatives really are stupid, vindictive, criminal fucking assholes. SunSeeker Feb 2018 #54

Didn't expect so many here favoring big corporations receiving tax breaks nm MichMan Feb 2018 #56

Not your best work. Cracks in the facade of your narrative are clearly showing. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #75

The government needs to threaten McDonald's... Dave Starsky Feb 2018 #60

Corporations don't pay taxes. Cold War Spook Feb 2018 #64

Excellent point hueymahl Feb 2018 #67

They learn their bullying from their Master---Trump! riversedge Feb 2018 #72

The tail wags the dog. Orsino Feb 2018 #73

Reuters thinks that Amazon should bail on Atlanta RainCaster Feb 2018 #77

Is this even legal? It sounds like extortion to me... yuiyoshida Feb 2018 #79

Maybe you can help me. TranssexualKaren Feb 2018 #82

I am not a lawyer, thanks yuiyoshida Feb 2018 #83