Desantis seeks to punish Disney for disagreeing with him

I'm with you here - I don't think corporations should get anything special beyond what small businesses get

 

@fchowd0311 - I read beyond the headline ...
"Allowing a corporation to control its own government is bad policy, especially when the corporation makes decisions that impact an entire region," DeSantis said in a statement. "This legislation ends Disney’s self-governing status, makes Disney live under the same laws as everybody else, and ensures that Disney pays its debts and fair share of taxes."

This reasoning is sound from my perspective

 

Why don't they fake virtue signal in China or Saudi Arabia?



They are fake virtue signaling for LBQTIA
they need to concentrate on QUALITY

 

If that's all you need to form your narratives then you are very susceptible to brainwashing.

 

Trust me, I read more than that I'm not susceptible to brainwashing, despite your opinion...The board will have broad control over the district, including jurisdiction and control over infrastructure services, control over what gets constructed or demolished in the district, building regulations, hiring people who work for the district, imposing taxes and entering into deals with private contractors... why should Disney have special privileges in this domain? There is no valid reasoning - now these particulars are more transparent beyond Disney control - I'd say that's a good thing

 

If Disney didn't go woke, would DeSantis care?

So a corporation can abuse government handouts and special privileges if they don't go woke?

 

You don't see the Universal Studios fake pretending they care about wokeness
they're too busy being successful with HARRY POTTER WORLD

 

Except none of it is true.

 

Sheep gonna sheep...

 

Source ?

 

Exactly …Plus they don’t care about special privileges as well I imagine. The non contributors can only say nonsense

 

"Trust me bro" - expert "@Major" explaining the world to us mere mortals - like he did when he said Elon Musk would never own Twitter.

 

Wrong.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/l...-include-diversity-inclusion-respect-1297845/

 

When you woke upon a star
Makes no difference what pronoun you are
When you woke upon a star
DeSantis owns you
@ROXRAN @Sweet Lou 4 2

 

I made this point at the beginning of this thread that I think it’s a bad idea to give corporations the ability to act as governments. DeSantis thought himself voted for benefits for Disney when he was a state legislator.

this is again more focus on divisive social issues rather than on things like the consolidation of corporate power.

 

The bill itself. Disney still operates in a special district. It doesn't pay taxes the same way as everyone else. They don't live under the same laws as everyone else. Nothing has changed for Disney except they are no longer allowed to build an airport or a nuclear power plant - two things they've never even considered doing in the past. And the board has different people on it. The bill that DeSantis signed undid all the things he tried to do last year because he realized they wouldn't work and he realized that while Disney operates outside of the normal setup, it actually works pretty damn well for the state and its taxpayers.

 

There is some, especially from traditional conservative. Traditional conservatives believe that eliminating bureaucratic red tape helped Disney grow efficiently and bring jobs and revenue to the state.

Removing special privileges and adding government oversight may make sense if there are issues with how Disney has been managing the district. However, in this case, DeSantis punished Disney for its CEO's support of repealing Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act.

I don't know what the bill currently entails, and it's a problem for Florida and its residents to figure out. Nonetheless, I believe that punishing a private company for its CEO "speech" is an abuse of government power. That's not a good thing.