Gov. Walker expands Wisconsin government involvement in beer regulations.

[a completely inoffensive name]

It seems as if Gov. Walker wants smaller government, except when it comes to the beer industry. New regulation's imposed by Wisconsin's government could heavily impact microbreweries operating in the state in favor of the mainstream beers. Info in link here:
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=33683

Now idk, if you guys have heard of a documentary called "Beer Wars": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1326194/

It was an interesting documentary that had some info about the current structure of the beer market, maintained by government regulations. It is a three-tiered system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-tier_%28alcohol_distribution%29) and it seems that many smaller breweries are getting shafted by the system since it favors the bigger guys.

[Strike For The South]

Seen Beer Wars

This is the tyranny I care about

[Crazed Rabbit]

Government regulations are often used by big businesses to screw their smaller competitors, all the while useful idiots cheer on big government 'cracking down' on business.

The three tier system is stupid.

CR

[Lemur]

Speaking as a Wisconsinite, Walker appears to be doing the classic get-elected-as-a-reformer but rule-as-an-empire-builder tango. He's been consolidating power in the executive branch (http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/article-15005-the-imperial-governor.html), which strikes me as an iffy idea.

Great, so now your team can do whatever it wants while you're elected. Fantastic. But what these guys always seem to forget is that someday their team will not be in power, and all of the checks and balances that would have protected them once they're the minority will be gone.

Typical short-sightedness.

[Ironside]

Speaking as a Wisconsinite, Walker appears to be doing the classic get-elected-as-a-reformer but rule-as-an-empire-builder tango. He's been consolidating power in the executive branch (http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/article-15005-the-imperial-governor.html), which strikes me as an iffy idea.

Great, so now your team can do whatever it wants while you're elected. Fantastic. But what these guys always seem to forget is that someday their team will not be in power, and all of the checks and balances that would have protected them once they're the minority will be gone.

Typical short-sightedness.

And why would an emperor care about his team after he's gone? :juggle2:

Short sighted indeed, but some people wasn't truely team players from the start anyway.