Georgia gives middle finger to First Amendment

[AAAintheBeltway]

No, I think companies should endeavor to be good corporate citizens and show a moral conscience. That's what leadership is about. You can then either patronize them or not, depending on your preference. The Georgia initiative is an outrageous frontal assault on the First Amendment. Period.

There are endless examples of government using its power to reward or punish companies for their conduct, eg Executive Orders requiring government contractors to push affirmative action, gay rights, etc. You don't mind states enforcing boycotts of other states whose policies they dislike.You don't seem to have a problem with any of those interferences with the First Amendment.

I find it curious that liberals are up in arms about the legislature deciding not to grant an outrageous tax benefit to one company. There was in fact significant opposition to this political payoff. Delta's clumsy attempt to virtue signal by punishing NRA members merely galvanized more objections.

As has been reported, the Governor and Lt. Governor of Georgia were pushing this tax giveaway until it became obvious it would not pass. Then they attempted to change sides. I'm sure they will back next session with another version of it.

The lesson here is simple. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

Government should never, ever be used to penalize the commercial choices of private/public companies. Period.

That may be libertarian doctrine, but it is unilateral disarmament for conservatives. Liberals have no such compunctions, and increasingly, large companies are intentionally targeting conservatives, eg social media monopolists.

The choices are to fight back or lose.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Wayne, soon to meet his Johnny.

 

[Tsing Tao]

I think good corporate governance considers the interests of all of a company's stakeholders and not only its shareholders. I won't get all starry-eyed about it, but at some point it becomes more than just the bottom line. In any event, perhaps they see the long game better than you do. If not, then they may pay for their "indulgence." Vote with your feet, as I'm sure others will do, one way or the other.

Quite a few companies thought they saw the long game well and regretted it later.

 

[Tsing Tao]

That may be libertarian doctrine, but it is unilateral disarmament for conservatives. Liberals have no such compunctions, and increasingly, large companies are intentionally targeting conservatives, eg social media monopolists.

The choices are to fight back or lose.

I understand that liberals "do it too". I don't support things that I don't believe in regardless of whether they are done by the right or the left. That, in itself, is what differentiates me from liberals (and some conservatives).

 

[fhl]

The legislature isn't punishing anyone. They're taking away a huge tax break that dlta never should have gotten in the first place. Now dlta is being treated just like every other company. That's the way it should have been in the first place.

Leave it to libs to whine for a great big huge tax break for a private company that's being a bad corporate citizen.

 

[Slartibartfast]

"For an organization that looms so large over American politics, it's oddly difficult to say what the National Rifle Association really is, or who it represents. The group purports to have four-million members and touts itself as the populist defender of American gun rights. Yet, as I wrote last month, it has also received millions of dollars in donations from the firearms industry over recent years, some of which have been tied directly to gun and ammo sales. "

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While the nine-seat Nominating Committee doesn't call the shots at the NRA, it does more or less get to decide who does. The body picks candidates for the NRA's 76-member board of directors, which in turn oversees the groups staff and more than $200 million budget. The directors are technically elected by the NRA's rank-and-file members, who can also petition to nominate candidates. But Mother Jones reports that 71 percent of the current board -- a group that includes such notables as rocker Ted Nugent, Utah Jazz basketball great Karl Malone, actor/mustache Tom Selleck, and anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist -- were either nominated,endorsed, or selected by the Nominating Committee. . "

https://www.theatlantic.com/busines...might-be-just-another-corporate-front/267244/

 

[Tsing Tao]

The legislature isn't punishing anyone. They're taking away a huge tax break that dlta never should have gotten in the first place. Now dlta is being treated just like every other company. That's the way it should have been in the first place.

Leave it to libs to whine for a great big huge tax break for a private company that's being a bad corporate citizen.

Except that they came out and publicly stated they were doing it because of this.

Companies that want to make a change should do so quietly and not make a public statement about it because of ego, having it backfire on them. Delta could have just notified the NRA and said "we are changing our discount structure and eliminating discounts at this time" or some other basic statement. Same result, no fanfare and political bullshit.

The GA legislature if they wanted to remove a tax break should have done the same and said "we are removing tax breaks for large companies, blah blah" instead of making a political statement that leads to fallout. People just can't get past opening their big, fat mouths.

 

[Scataphagos]

People just can't get past opening their big, fat mouths.

Ditto that!

 

[Slartibartfast]

Except that they came out and publicly stated they were doing it because of this.

Companies that want to make a change should do so quietly and not make a public statement about it because of ego, having it backfire on them. Delta could have just notified the NRA and said "we are changing our discount structure and eliminating discounts at this time" or some other basic statement. Same result, no fanfare and political bullshit.

The GA legislature if they wanted to remove a tax break should have done the same and said "we are removing tax breaks for large companies, blah blah" instead of making a political statement that leads to fallout. People just can't get past opening their big, fat mouths.

Make a change, but do it quietly, nobody would have noticed Delta dropping the NRA. No Journalists, members.. not the NRA publicizing it against them..

The extent of you being a moron is jaw dropping.

How are those home defense hollow point 7.62×51mm NATO rounds working out for you?

If you had a gun anywhere near me and something did happen, the first thing I'd do is disable you in case you shot me or anyone else by mistake.

Hopeless.