Opinion: Disney should leave Florida. It's time for DeSanty World. - Milbank

[Effete Snob]

4. There's a couple of contradictions in perceptions of this situation

First, what DeSantis is doing cannot simultaneously "hurt Disney" and "impose additional taxes on Floridians to make up for the services provided and used by Disney."

The initial point of the deal is that Disney would be in charge of what would otherwise be public services in the affected area. As has been rightfully pointed out, offloading the management of these services would shift that cost away from Disney and onto the backs of Florida property taxpayers.

So, there is an element of "Don't throw me into the briar patch" to all of this, to quote a now-silenced Disney character.

Second, I guess we're all back on the "corporations have the right to freely express opinions on matters of public interest" bus? I thought we had gotten off of that bus and onto "Citizens United unleashed a bunch of horrors I read about on a blog".

Both Disney and Citizens United are/were media companies engaged in the production of audiovisual products. Does the "principle" just come down to what side we are on at a particular time? Because this is kind of dizzying.