XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: nospam@nospam.com   
      
   Mitchell Holman wrote:   
      
   >bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote in news:10i641l$7v$2   
   >@reader2.panix.com:   
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   >> | Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery   
   >> | for 2026   
   >> | ...   
   >> | The move comes as Kentucky's $9 billion bourbon industry   
   >> | grapples with a glut of whiskey and a slump in demand at   
   >> | home. In response, the industry has pulled back production   
   >> | by more than 55 million proof-gallons (an industry unit of   
   >> | measurement) or more than 28% through August, the lowest   
   >> | level since 2018. At the same time, exports have been   
   >> | curtailed to major trading partners; Canada has been   
   >> | boycotting American spirits since March in retaliation for   
   >> | President Trump's ongoing trade war and U.S. whiskey sales   
   >> | to that country are down by more than 60% through October.   
   >> | Other Kentucky companies including Jack Daniel's Tennessee   
   >> | Whiskey maker Brown-Forman also have announced layoffs or   
   >> | shorter pauses in production earlier in the year.   
   >> | ...   
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   >>     --bks   
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   >    Next step: A Trump bailout!   
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   The Feds can buy up all the Burbon in Ky and store it in big warehouses where   
   it will eventually be distributed to the poor.   
      
   A Ronny Reagan thing, but back then it was cheese.   
      
   'merika has a long history with government cheese.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)