tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post6725892067657637709..comments2024-03-29T05:58:25.823-04:00Comments on Seen Through a Glass: The Dead Hand of Jim Bell...Lew Brysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-36675193258528003602010-07-25T23:12:29.018-04:002010-07-25T23:12:29.018-04:00All I'm saying is, read the definition. Tax an...All I'm saying is, read the definition. Tax and subsidy are two different things and don't seem to have the ability to be co-joined as goes Merriam-Webster.Sam Komlenichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707612609314399024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-65925208698442665742010-07-18T13:09:14.044-04:002010-07-18T13:09:14.044-04:00Great post Lew. I think the case for that it would...Great post Lew. I think the case for that it would be an effective stimulus is a good one. The small companies would definitely spend the money, which is the whole point of stimulus. One quibble with sam k's comment - from a budgetary standpoint, there's no difference between tax cuts and spending. Choosing to collect less revenue has the exact same impact as exchanging the same amount of revenue for a good or service.<br /><br />Also, I was reading the other day about the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in the UK, a highly successful advocacy group who have been instrumental in promoting craft brewers over mass-produced swill and have actually succeeded in increasing the market share of craft brewers. It's mentioned in the book "No One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart" by Tom Slee. I'm sure you've heard of this org, but I wonder if there is any similar organization in the US?Jon Geetinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18016281689989655259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-61568355118250590492010-07-15T09:57:32.309-04:002010-07-15T09:57:32.309-04:00Yeah, the Rate Beer line gave me a laugh.
Regardl...Yeah, the Rate Beer line gave me a laugh.<br /><br />Regardless, I have seen a few stories touting the repeal of the excise tax as a "stimulus" for small brewers. Really? It's not a stimulus. Besides the fact that the term is ambiguous, it seems that its most recent context suggests that a stimulus is a tax swiped on our Chinese charge card that is then granted out to companies to boulster jobs/consumer spending. A repeal of a tax isn't a stimulus, or as you state, a bailout.<br /><br />Even if it were a subsidy, a subsidy never guarantees 100% success in an industry, so to point out a closed down brewery does nothing to enhance his argument.<br />...just my opinion.natehttp://thankheavenforbeer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-86953675260429077002010-07-14T22:37:04.628-04:002010-07-14T22:37:04.628-04:00Oh, no, Bill, one big difference: I'm a profes...Oh, no, Bill, one big difference: I'm a professional, don't try this at home!Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-53292932602349854402010-07-14T22:35:07.163-04:002010-07-14T22:35:07.163-04:00Seriously, guys...I keep seeing this kind of crap ...Seriously, guys...I keep seeing this kind of crap on every newspaper story on the Web. PLCB story? Obama. Crime story? Obama. Pollution story? Obama. <br /><br />It's just sad. The funny thing is that they're often the same people who say he's doing nothing. Amazing. It's got NOTHING to do with him!Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-11776616366872471092010-07-14T22:33:49.233-04:002010-07-14T22:33:49.233-04:00I giggled a bit about your Ratebeer line, but you ...I giggled a bit about your Ratebeer line, but you have to admit that a professional booze writer who maintains three separate blogs with lengthy rants and raves about beer... that guy making fun of Ratebeer folks is like a 20 piece set of cast iron cookware calling the kettle black!Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03634642987617262810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-48294761781854783512010-07-14T22:10:19.606-04:002010-07-14T22:10:19.606-04:00it is kind of a shame. I posted in the talk backs,...it is kind of a shame. I posted in the talk backs, but it is amazing the rage this gets out of people. But DiStefano strikes me as a putz. "Oh yes, that...beer....thing" Lack Of research, or being lazy and giving the post to an intern just to sign off on it. But hey, we live in the united polarized states of america. god bless itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-12293193082562626652010-07-14T20:33:45.126-04:002010-07-14T20:33:45.126-04:00According to Merriam-Webster.com:
Tax (noun), 1 a...According to Merriam-Webster.com:<br /><br />Tax (noun), 1 a : a charge usually of money imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes.<br /><br />Subsidy (noun), a grant by a government to a private person or company to assist an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public.<br /><br />Less tax does not equal a subsidy, period. No subsidies here, just political rhetoric. Business as usual from an ever more polarized political landscape.<br /><br />As goes the country, united we stand; divided we fall. Can we ever find any common ground in the big picture anymore? It's getting to be almost depressing to me.Sam Komlenichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707612609314399024noreply@blogger.com