Do you think "Delta" and "Atlanta" are the same thing? Yeah, we do, too. Or at least it's seemed that way since we were kittens. And the Georgia state legislature just solidified it by voting in a $40 million tax break for the airline. Call it a late valentine, just to show the love.
Except now the Peach State's lieutenant governor is threatening to blow the whole thing up — because Delta has cut ties with the NRA. "Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back," the improbably named Casey Cagle huffed.
As the Parkland kids would say, we cats call BS: It's politicians whose expectations need to change.
Politicians should not expect companies to locate their corporate headquarters, or even major satellites, in places where they come under attack from Neanderthal Republicans like Cagle. Atlanta is not only home to Delta, it's on Amazon's list of 20 finalists for its 50,000-plus-employee second HQ. Could this outburst of Cagle's be any more detrimental to the interests of his state? What's to stop Jeff Bezos from deciding against Atlanta just on this alone?
And there's the huge contribution that an Atlanta-based Amazon would make to Delta's bottom line. So the costs just keep piling up.
Idiot. But looking at his picture, we guess we knew that. (What is up with that suit?) We cats HISS.
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