I was starting to think we’d crossed a line and that there was no one, except for a few old lefties like me, willing to denounce such blatantly cynical attempts to soak the taxpayers.
Deal said the tax break would enable Delta to expand service at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport.
Similarly, up north in Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker, another Republican, forked over $4.1 billion for a Foxconn factory. It won’t necessarily raises taxes in Illinois, but we will have to deal with pollution issues since the Wisconsin deal has waived Foxconn from environmental oversight regulations. Thanks for the dirty water and flooding, Walker.
“I will kill any tax legislation that benefits Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with the NRA,” Georgia lieutenant governor Casey Cagle vowed in a tweet. “Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back.”
Hey, Rahm—no more corporate crony handouts until you spend our tax dollars on something we want. At the top of my list would be reopening the mental health clinics in high-crime areas that you closed. But I’m sure other people have their own picks. Like more teachers. Or cops. Or something simple, like filling the potholes.
