🚨BREAKING: Florida Senate, on a 23-16 vote, just passed legislation ENDING Disney’s tax privilege, self-governing power & special exemption status.
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They fact that DeSantis can so publicly and swiftly deal with a powerful entity like Disney makes me think the deep state has lost a lot of its fangs.
What's the key word in "deep state"? STATE. What entity just became more powerful? The STATE. You think it's a win because you dislike Disney, but Disney's only ability to cause damage is through culture, the state itself is the more dangerous threat given the damaged state of our cutlure.
Opposite take:
Disney (like most of the megacorps doing so much damage today) have succeeded explicitly because of their government dealings. In Disney's case they've been granted a lot of special privileges the rest of us don't have (tax exemptions, some component of self-governance, etc.), but they haven't exactly been providing a lot back to the government or the people of Florida that I can figure.
This is a textbook example of "deal with the devil"; Disney got to ride it high for a long time, but just as easily as the government givith the government can takeith away.
This is NOT a case of the government somehow stripping Disney or others of their rights, constitutional or otherwise. This is the government putting Disney back on a level playing field with the rest of us, and taking away their arguably unfair and unjust special statuses over the rest of us.
By doing this, they kneecap Disney, AND they break down the unholy alliance between the corrupt parts of the government and the corrupt companies. I am fairly confident that neither can live with out each other, so dividing them is a logical step to defeating both. It has the added bonus of making all of these mega-corporations that have been getting rich off of taxpayer dollars and exemptions think twice about their strategy.
I have a simple take on things. Just about anything that increases government power is bad. Just about anything that increases personal freedom is good.
And I'd point to Universal Studios as proof you don't need special zoning or tax breaks to run the most visited theme park in the world.