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> which is why they are removing their special tax exemption status. You are going to need to provide a citation to back up the assertion that Disney is someho
by colburnmh 4y ago
> which is why they are removing their special tax exemption status.
You are going to need to provide a citation to back up the assertion that Disney is somehow tax exempt. Disney receives no special tax exemptions resulting from the RCID, that I am aware of. Disney paid over $780 million in local, county and state taxes in FY 2021. And Florida law does not allow counties to charge it's residents different property taxes. That is why the residents of Orange and Osceola counties are facing a 20% property tax increase if the RCID is dissolved: the counties cannot simply charge Disney a higher tax rate than the rest of the county property owners.
> If they want their free speech, they need to pay for it like the rest of us.
Free speech, as defined in the first amendment, is a right afforded to all citizens of the United states. That right is not predicated on paying anyone anything. That's why it's a right. It's not transactional: a homeless person has the same first amendment rights that Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have. Corporations, like Disney, have protections under the first amendment due to "personhood" enshrined in "Citizens United" and other laws.
Your arguments fly in the face of the first amendment's core precept--that the right of free speech is not a privilege only afforded monied landowners or government. It is an inherent right of every citizen to freely criticize government without fear of retribution and to seek redress from government harm, regardless of financial status.