There is a similar problem in NJ with Tesla Motors, they do not use franchises to sell their cars, just direct sales, but NJ passed a law that cars need to be sold through franchises!!! I am sure some money changed hands between my esteemed lawmakers and the traditional car industry!!!
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:48 PM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Bill would require Florida craft brewers to sell beer to distributors, > then buy it back for resale *By Nick Sorrentino > April 4, 2014 > > Beer, many of us love it. I definitely count myself a fan. A nice > hefewiesen on a hot day while grilling burgers is one of the great gifts of > life. But stouts, ales, lagers, pilsners, porters, and bocks all have their > place. Variety is the spice of life, and beer. And that is why craft > brewers have sprouted up like barley shoots all over our great nation over > the last decade. It is a golden age for beer drinkers. Never before have > beer consumers had so much quality and so much variety. > > But the beer distributors are wary. Long a political powerhouse they are > not keen on these little breweries sprouting up and selling their product > directly to customers. Beer distribution is *THEIR* business and they > want a cut. As such, in Florida the lobbyists have come out in force to get > the government to force brewers to first sell their beer to the > distributors and then to buy back the beer at a 30-40% markup. The beer > doesn't leave the brewery except with the customer, but the distributors > want a law which forces these budding beer businesses to pay up. For > nothing. > > Sounds like the mafia, except it's the government. > > (From Raw Story) The law would force craft brewers to sell their bottled > and canned beer directly to a distributor. If they want to sell it in their > own tap rooms, they would then have to buy it back at what is typically a > 30-40 percent mark-up without the bottles or cans ever leaving the brewery, > according to Joshua Aubuchon, a lawyer and lobbyist for the Florida Brewers > Guild. The rule would not apply to draft beer. "That to me looks like > racketeering," > > Click here for the > article.<http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/03/bill-would-require-florida-craft-brewers-to-sell-beer-to-distributors-then-buy-it-back-for-resale/> > > > http://www.againstcronycapitalism.org/2014/04/bill-would-require-florida-craft-brewers-to-sell-beer-to-distributors-then-buy-it-back-for-resale/ > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- brine http://brineb.blogspot.com/ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
