Shhh. We're not going to tell them that.

@rainmanjr
It’s better to tell them so they’ll shut the hell up about it. It’s fun to see them go silent when they realize they were supporting retardation and it took a conservative to point it out to them.
Silence is winning.

@CourtJester Silence is golden but my eyes still see. The words of the prophets echo in the sound of silence and silent goes the night but it is not winning. Rest assured that I was being sarcastic.

@CourtJester, check your math.

The counties assume over a billion dollars in bonds that Disney is currently paying. That will mean increased property taxes in both counties. Yes, Disney’s property taxes will go up, along with everyone else’s, but their increase will only be about 30% of what they are paying on the bonds.

The taxpaying citizens end up paying more with nothing to offset the increase in taxes.

@mcgeo52

@CourtJester, I have no problem with Disney paying more taxes. I do have a problem with:

1. the state of Florida unilaterally voiding a contractual commitment,
2. Republicans hypocritically raising taxes on a business, and
3. doing so for petty political reasons.

Other businesses will note point one. This is going to cost Florida a lot more than it costs Disney.

DeSantis and the Republicans in the legislature who voted to do this are idiots.

@mcgeo52

Hey; Disney made the business choice to jump into the political arena.
If they want to play politics, they’ve received the political gift on the losing side. Play stupid games; win stupid prizes.it would have been a much wiser business choice to just stay out of it and be a business like businesses do.
The board should fire the CEO for screwing the share holders.

@CourtJester, when the state takes a position that adversely effects a companies employees and customers, the CEO has a responsibility to those employees and customers.

Ron DeSantis and the Republicans in the legislature started this by passing and idiotic, and most likely, unconstituional law.

@mcgeo52

A lot of companies stay quiet. Toyota, Yamaha, etc.
I (and many others) don’t buy Gillette, Coke, Levi, Nike, etc. because of their view.
A company’s only responsibility is to deliver a safe and reliable product to its customers at a price that delivers a long term profit.
Stepping into the political ring on any side disrupts that…. As we are seeing.
I’m very pro gun and if Disney’s CEO stepped out to help push gun rights, I’d say the same thing.

@CourtJester, as you say, "A company’s only responsibility is to deliver a safe and reliable product to its customers at a price that delivers a long term profit."

In order to do that Disney needs employees capable of creating that product. Had Disney not taken that stand they would have lost enough employees at Disney World that it would have had a serious negative impact on the bottom line.

I get it that you are fine with defending bigotry and idiots, but at least learn the facts before shooting off your mouth.

@mcgeo52

It’s clear that you have never owned or managed a business.

Employees can be replaced a hell of a lot easier than customers. And the vast majority of customers don’t really care about the employee’s beliefs.

@CourtJester Not Disney employees. It's not easy to cultivate such a work ethic. I know, they fired me.