The Georgia state House voted Wednesday to strip Delta Air Lines of a significant tax break after the firm’s CEO condemned a recently passed voting integrity law. Led by Republicans, the Georgia House voted to strip the firm of the break that’s worth tens of millions of dollars per year. The Senate did not take up the measure before it adjourned. “It was very disappointing,” said House Speaker Rep. David Ralston, a Republican, said of Delta CEO Ed Bastian’s comment on the voting laws earlier this week. “You don’t feed a dog that bites your hand. You’ve got to keep that in mind sometimes,” Ralston added of the passage of the bill, according to local media reports. The final vote in the state House was 97-73. “The entire rationale for this bill was based on a lie,” Bastian said in a statement of the Georgia voting bill, adding: “Unfortunately, that excuse …
Georgia House Strips Delta Air Lines of Tax Break After CEO’s Criticism of Voting Integrity Law
April 1, 2021
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