Mr. Bray, you seem to be attempting to introduce facts into a discussion that should rightfully remain in the world of fantasy. Your use of 4th grade google searches and 6th grade arithmetic to make your point is way out of line. The current narrative du jour explicitly states that 'journalists' are NOT required to perform meaningful research, or subject their output to reality checks. And math, as everyone is well aware, is raaaacist. You should be ashamed of yourself.
My information is old, but I used to be stationed at a military post in Orlando in the mid-nineties. I often stayed in hotels in Kissimee just outside of Disney property, and I remember they had significant tourist taxes for every hotel. I dislike how media now is a war between narratives. However, Hearst newspapers used to duke it out with the NYT all the time. Heart printed Gareth Jones about the famine in Ukraine in the 1930s. Whereas the NYT reporter Duranty, was a Communist and denied the famine was happening.
Basically it's just like the rest of the U.S. for the last 40+ years. It's not the numbers and the facts. It's the way it is presented. Too much sex-ed in school and not enough R&R& Arithmetic. Soon all of us old fogies will be gone, - then this can all turn to the willing commies.
Disney will have to fire all their male employees and hire only women to make up for the taxes they will have to pay to local governments. Women always do the same work for less money so it might balance out. Maybe some of the men can transition and take a pay cut?
Ah, yes, mushrooms. "Keep 'em in the dark and feed 'em bullshit." Good to know which ones are yummy, which ones introduce you to the magic "self-transforming machine elves", and which ones just cause renal failure. So, yeah, a lot like journalists! Keen insight.
Always fun to see real journalism with publicly available info!
There's an added factor: Libertarians often argue against taxation because it moves money into government that would otherwise circulate within the city. The argument may be halfway valid for residential property tax, but all of Disney's tax is coming from tourists. There's no circularity, just a choice between Disney's profit and the city's profit.
I've been pointing out to conservatives that Disney World had about the closest thing to allodial property ownership anywhere in the country, and they're cheering DeSantis's abrogation of that contract. Short term, "hooray for our side", thinking, when in a saner world, everyone should enjoy self-governance and freedom from property taxes.
Journalists, doctors, politicians have all gone the way of the untrustworthy. Nobody believes a thing written by these media losers. They should get a real job and see how that goes.
I mean think about it; journalists make a living by reporting things that other people do. Mostly negative things. That falls under the auspices of parasite. I guess they have more in common with the COVID-19 virus than we thought.
Let’s face it the real scandal here is that investigative journalism did not uncover this stealth theft from the Florida tax payers. Corporate news does not want to upset the machine that feeds them, unless the consumers stop watching and reading their propaganda that is. Florida residents should chose their sources of news more wisely and selectively.
So now Uncle Walt et.al. will raise their ticket prices, hotel and resort prices, food prices, cruise prices, and anything else they can think of. Maybe plop a few casinos amidst the roller coasters. They won’t be paying any taxes, but their visitors will (who are mostly foreign tourists). Basically China will further subsidize the operation which is fine with me. Nothing but a silly money pit anyway.
Mr. Bray, you seem to be attempting to introduce facts into a discussion that should rightfully remain in the world of fantasy. Your use of 4th grade google searches and 6th grade arithmetic to make your point is way out of line. The current narrative du jour explicitly states that 'journalists' are NOT required to perform meaningful research, or subject their output to reality checks. And math, as everyone is well aware, is raaaacist. You should be ashamed of yourself.
My information is old, but I used to be stationed at a military post in Orlando in the mid-nineties. I often stayed in hotels in Kissimee just outside of Disney property, and I remember they had significant tourist taxes for every hotel. I dislike how media now is a war between narratives. However, Hearst newspapers used to duke it out with the NYT all the time. Heart printed Gareth Jones about the famine in Ukraine in the 1930s. Whereas the NYT reporter Duranty, was a Communist and denied the famine was happening.
Basically it's just like the rest of the U.S. for the last 40+ years. It's not the numbers and the facts. It's the way it is presented. Too much sex-ed in school and not enough R&R& Arithmetic. Soon all of us old fogies will be gone, - then this can all turn to the willing commies.
Disney will have to fire all their male employees and hire only women to make up for the taxes they will have to pay to local governments. Women always do the same work for less money so it might balance out. Maybe some of the men can transition and take a pay cut?
Ah, yes, mushrooms. "Keep 'em in the dark and feed 'em bullshit." Good to know which ones are yummy, which ones introduce you to the magic "self-transforming machine elves", and which ones just cause renal failure. So, yeah, a lot like journalists! Keen insight.
"This local taxpayers will suffer bullshit is corporate talking points aimed at a political end, recycled mindlessly by absolute fucking idiots."
Couldn't have said it better myself! They take us for fools when it is they that are the fools!
Always fun to see real journalism with publicly available info!
There's an added factor: Libertarians often argue against taxation because it moves money into government that would otherwise circulate within the city. The argument may be halfway valid for residential property tax, but all of Disney's tax is coming from tourists. There's no circularity, just a choice between Disney's profit and the city's profit.
Hahajahahahaha … that’s me, a FL resident, laughing all the way to the bank.💯🌴💯
I've been pointing out to conservatives that Disney World had about the closest thing to allodial property ownership anywhere in the country, and they're cheering DeSantis's abrogation of that contract. Short term, "hooray for our side", thinking, when in a saner world, everyone should enjoy self-governance and freedom from property taxes.
Journalists, doctors, politicians have all gone the way of the untrustworthy. Nobody believes a thing written by these media losers. They should get a real job and see how that goes.
I mean think about it; journalists make a living by reporting things that other people do. Mostly negative things. That falls under the auspices of parasite. I guess they have more in common with the COVID-19 virus than we thought.
Let’s face it the real scandal here is that investigative journalism did not uncover this stealth theft from the Florida tax payers. Corporate news does not want to upset the machine that feeds them, unless the consumers stop watching and reading their propaganda that is. Florida residents should chose their sources of news more wisely and selectively.
So now Uncle Walt et.al. will raise their ticket prices, hotel and resort prices, food prices, cruise prices, and anything else they can think of. Maybe plop a few casinos amidst the roller coasters. They won’t be paying any taxes, but their visitors will (who are mostly foreign tourists). Basically China will further subsidize the operation which is fine with me. Nothing but a silly money pit anyway.