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What taxes does Disney fail to pay? They actually are taxed at a much higher rate than Florida law would allow if they did not have the rights conferred to them
by colburnmh 4y ago
What taxes does Disney fail to pay? They actually are taxed at a much higher rate than Florida law would allow if they did not have the rights conferred to them as part of an independent special district. Disney paid more than $780 million in state and local taxes in FY 2021.
However, even ignoring that, your premise is still fundamentally flawed: Every citizen has rights afforded to them via the first amendment to representation and to redress the government for grievances, regardless of how much they pay in taxes. And corporations have some status as a person, so they share those same rights.
I agree that corporations sometimes don't pay their fair share of taxes. However, that does not seem to be the case with Disney, at least in this particular instance. And it's actually a bad-faith deflection from the real issue of the violation of Disney's first amendment rights against government retaliation for voicing opposition to the "Parental Rights in Education" bill (now law).