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@glancegha1733 Moreover, a smart business leader shows no political affiliation. Regardless of the size of the company. If you do, well, then you see what the consequences could be. To use your own words: "be careful".
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@glancegha1733 I live in Belgium and have my own business. Whether I employ staff or not, it doesn't matter, I have to pay taxes on the profits of my company. In other words, no privileges.
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@glancegha1733 "Disney brings in the equivalent of 5 Belgiums every year". You're missing the point.
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@glancegha1733 English isn't my native language, but shouldn't it be, "we live in a different world"? But that aside. I have never claimed that Disney does not contribute to Florida's economy. That is what every economy does, whether it is small or large. The point is, if Disney gets a special (tax-free) statute, it will inevitably come at the expense of someone else. I'm also not saying that I shouldn't have my own opinion, but as a company I'm not going to brag about it, my company is too dear to me for that. That would be idiotic. Disney should have been more neutral, especially with the special privileges they have and the polarized situation that now prevails politically in the US. By the way, don't be blinded by the size of a country, according to what I heard recently, Russia's GDP is only as big as Italy's. And although many opportunistic immigrants come here to benefit from our welfare state, many more than 80,000 people work in Belgium. So, your claim that "Disney is the equivalent of 5 Belgiums" is totally absurd.
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@glancegha1733 "another FLA egomaniac trying to flex his muscle". You forget some important things. It is the company "Disney" that chose the political path, radically opting for the stupid "woke" direction and thus upset a large part of the population. So, if they're going political as a company, they also have to be able to withstand the political backlash that they could have predicted if they were smart. Something that also escapes you is that millions of tourists visit Belgium every year, without Disney. You conveniently omit that in your calculations. But everyone who is active in the tourism sector here pays taxes, without privileges, as it should be. Whether it is the entrepreneurs or the employees. As a tourist I have stayed in Florida several times during the winter months. However, it was not for Disney, but for the favorable climate during the winter months. This is an asset that we do not have here at latitude 51° north. The moral of the story is: Had Disney remained neutral and hadn't gone political, it would have avoided the political backlash. I think Walt is turning in his grave.
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@VAhistTeach "the counties have to take on the burden of operating police, fire & rescue," These are public services of general benefit that should be in the hands of the government, to which large companies can also make their contribution through taxes. I live in a municipality with few industries. The municipal tax is higher (8-9%) than in a neighboring municipality that has many industries, thanks to the port of Antwerp and the (large) companies that fill the municipal coffers through their taxes and thus spare the residents of that municipality and where the residents only pay 2% to municipal taxes. Completely contradictory to your story.
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