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56. Didn't expect so many here favoring big corporations receiving tax breaks nm

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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