nintendofan85
Good grief.
Recently, in the aftermath of the shooting near Miami, Florida, Delta Air Lines agreed to cut a deal that had been made with the NRA (National Rifle Association) here in the United States that gave discounted fares to its members, mainly for group travel. Because of the end of this deal, the lieutenant governor in Georgia, the state where Delta is based (the company is headquartered in Atlanta) has ended a tax break the state gives the airline for the jet fuel put in the planes at the airports in the state, and this is crucial for Delta because not only is the airline based in Atlanta, but it also runs its largest hub there and Delta's operations at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport have made it be the world's busiest airport for the last twenty years since 1998. When I first flew in 2005, my layover was at that airport, and literally has developed to the point where it has become a city of its own. The airport is crucial to many jobs in the area and I don't see much good coming out of this decision by the GA state legislature. Part of the reason for this happening is because the state's lieutenant governor, Casey Cagle, is running for a gubernatorial term in his own right this November as the incumbent governor, Nathan Deal, is term limited, and Cagle wants to declare that "corporations should never attack conservatives". This decision by the state legislature makes me pretty mad because while I don't live in either the Atlanta area or GA, I have been to the area and in the airport many times and lives just three hours away in Huntsville, Alabama. Atlanta doesn't have the highest rates of employment, particularly in the years after the Great Recession, either. What are your thoughts?
Here's an article for more information.
Here's an article for more information.
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