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Thread #69480 Message #1181431
Posted By: Blackcatter
08-May-04 - 07:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Disney, empire of evil!
Subject: RE: BS: Disney, empire of evil!
For course Disney is getting tax breaks in Florida - they may not just be "special" ones. They get breaks based on the amount of land they own (one plot of land twice the size of Manhatten Is.), the number of employees (approx. 70,000), and the amount of tourism dollars Disney bring in (Orlando is the number one tourist destination in the world with around 40 million visitors annually.
I am no fan of Disney, but you have no idea the impact Disney makes on the state's economy. And that is the way capitalism works. If you don't like it, you've got to change the system. In a capitalist society, big business ALWAYS comes first. Government comes second since that insures that the status quo is kept.