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This isn't so much about hostility to first amendment rights, as it us about hostility to a massive and beloved corporation. Disney is the second largest emplo
by gizmo686 3y ago
This isn't so much about hostility to first amendment rights, as it us about hostility to a massive and beloved corporation.
Disney is the second largest employer in the state. Pays the state over $1billion in taxes, of the state's $100billion budget [1]. And has over 50 million anual visitor's in its Florida parks in a (pre pandemic) year; which is more than twice Florida's population [2], and about a third of their anual tourists [3].
If I were a politician, this is not a fight I would want to take on.
[0] https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/data-download/enormous-numbers-desantis-fight-disney-rcna81019 https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/data-download/enormou...
[1] https://www.floridapolicy.org/posts/florida-house-and-senate-fy-2023-24-budget-proposals-what-to-know-ahead-of-the-joint-budget-conference https://www.floridapolicy.org/posts/florida-house-and-senate...
[2] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/FL https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/FL
[3] https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-tourism-hits-record-number-in-2022/ https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-tourism-hits-reco...