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DeSantis signs bill revoking Disney’s special self-governing status in Florida

Callen said:
Is it your opinion then that the government can punish businesses for expressing their political views?
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Shouldn't there be a law about that?
 
Callen said:
Is it your opinion then that the government can punish businesses for expressing their political views?
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Oh stop - that's such a biased, leading question its embarrassing - attempting to make this one-time, one-business, one circumstance a generic issue.

When the business (Disney) got special incentives - incentives given to no other businesses at the time (or tmk since) - and when that business then later turns on the government that gave them those special incentives by criticizing them then, goodness, yes, the government who was gracious to them back then, has every right to revoke said grace later on.
 
Callen said:
Well if not a law maybe a Constitutional Amendment....
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...and said law - or constitutional amendment - would prohibit governments from offering businesses special considerations in the first place.
 
EdwinWillers said:
Oh stop - that's such a biased, leading question its embarrassing - attempting to make this one-time, one-business, one circumstance a generic issue.

When the business (Disney) got special incentives - incentives given to no other businesses at the time (or tmk since) - and when that business then later turns on the government that gave them those special incentives by criticizing them then, goodness, yes, the government who was gracious to them back then, has every right to revoke said grace later on.
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At a cost of raising you constituents taxes? I thought the right wing was anti tax?
 
EdwinWillers said:
Oh stop - that's such a biased, leading question its embarrassing - attempting to make this one-time, one-business, one circumstance a generic issue.

When the business (Disney) got special incentives - incentives given to no other businesses at the time (or tmk since) - and when that business then later turns on the government that gave them those special incentives by criticizing them then, goodness, yes, the government who was gracious to them back then, has every right to revoke said grace later on.
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First of all, there are several 100 of these in FL including the Villages, Disney is not unique in that regard. It is unfathomable to me that anyone could hold the opinion that if you enter into an agreement with the government, one that is favourable to both, then you should be forever beholden to the government and never express any disagreement with their policies...that is about as unAmerican as it gets.
 
EdwinWillers said:
Is that supposed to mean something here? smh
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It is a thread on taking away their self governing status, which would raise taxes for the residents of Florida. Am I missing something?
 
pocket aces said:
It is a thread on taking away their self governing status, which would raise taxes for the residents of Florida. Am I missing something?
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No Edwin is......and quite a bit I might add.
 
Callen said:
First of all, there are several 100 of these in FL including the Villages, Disney is not unique in that regard. It is unfathomable to me that anyone could hold the opinion that if you enter into an agreement with the government, one that is favourable to both, then you should be forever beholden to the government and never express any disagreement with their policies...that is about as unAmerican as it gets.
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Well stop right there - your premise being that "if you enter into an agreement with the government, one that is favourable to both, then you should be forever beholden to the government and never express any disagreement with their policies" ONLY applies to the company entering into said agreement, and that the government must remain beholden to the agreement, regardless?

What manner of fairness is that?
 
Basically the governor of Florida is making the residents of his state pay for him sticking it to the libs. The right wing is for the people?
 
EdwinWillers said:
Well stop right there - your premise being that "if you enter into an agreement with the government, one that is favourable to both, then you should be forever beholden to the government and never express any disagreement with their policies" ONLY applies to the company entering into said agreement, and that the government must remain beholden to the agreement, regardless?

What manner of fairness is that?
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In no way should the government be beholden to the agreement if it is no longer in the best interests of the taxpayers of FL. However, that is not what this issue is about. The issue is that DeSantis tabled this law in direct retaliation for Disney speaking against his policies. Had it been tabled in a regular manner, including committee hearings, had it been part of their platform before Monday...that would be an entirely different thing. However, that is not what happened. Heck the FL Senate had no idea right up until the day before the legislation was introduced that DeSantis was planning this...and that includes most Republicans. This will knee-jerk reaction and violation of the 1A will come back to haunt DeSantis.

I question how much you really know about Reedy Creek and what the arrangement is and whether you understand that a large tax burden is about to fall on the residents of Orange County as a result of this.
 
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