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Delta Air Lines is paying a hefty price for jumping on the gun control bandwagon in the wake of the February 14 school shooting in Parkland, FL. After eliminating a discount for NRA members, the Georgia state legislature responded by eliminating a $40 million discount on jet-fuel which had been part of a larger tax package.
Delta admitted, however, that only 13 people had taken the airline up on the NRA discount - which translates to roughly $3 million per discount in tax breaks. While one can imagine Delta looked at the low participation rate and felt the discount was an expendable token to jump on the anti-gun bandwagon, they probably didn't see the Georgia legislature coming
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
Georgias elected should be less petty
originally posted by: Abysha
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
Georgias elected should be less petty
Agreed. The state legislature folk are playing politics with public money. These people are in charge of deciding where tax payer money goes and it's being decided by identity politics.
What's funny is that liberals in the state wanted it denied to them to begin with and it was pushed by conservatives. This backpedal actually caused the correct thing to happen but for the wrong reasons.
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: infolurker
Georgia punishing the employees of Delta because Delta pulled support from the NRA is callous and dumb.