Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis' recent decision to revoke Disney's tax status can be summed up in one word.
Goofy.
It can be described as goofy for two reasons.
First, the only reason DeSantis saw fit to do this was because Disney had the temerity to disagree with his "Don't Say Gay" bill. This is the sort of thing that Viktor Orban does in Hungary and it is precisely what he is doing. Imposing punitive laws against organizations solely for disagreeing with one's politics is simply unAmerican.
Second, by changing Disney's tax status which effectively treats it as a county government, DeSantis will force counties to raise taxes as they will assume Disney's debts as proscribed by state law. So because Disney dared to disagree with DeSantis millions of Floridians will see their taxes increase. Whoever the Democrats nominate to run against DeSantis had better say over and over again, "DeSantis' personal attacks on Disney will mean a tax increase for Floridians. That's just Goofy. It's also unAmerican."
It is worth noting that this change doesn't take effect until June 1, 2023 well after this November's elections. So because Floridians won't feel the impact of this decision there's always a chance they could let him get away with it. In which case, Florida is becoming a real Mickey Mouse operation.
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