Jack Daniel's Distillery Issue: Interesting

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I found the following article interesting, as it seems to be the issue, on a small scale, that is facing government and industry across America:

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What do you guys think? Is the county acting appropriately? Should a new water treatment plant be built and, if so, how should it be financed?
 
The decision on whether to build it and how to finance it is up to the local citizens. The main proponent is complaining about all the tourists that Jack Daniels brings in. Amazing. I'm guessing he's not a restaurant or a gas station owner.
 
You can argue about the appropriate level of taxes JD should pay, and I don't know what is appropriate, but this statement is disturbing:
"“We are entitled to more money from the only industry in the county – Jack Daniel’s distillery,”
 
i think the tax would violate equal protection if other businesses were not taxed the same. however, this issue has come up before and no state/county judge is going to rule against the state on a tax generating issue. i say they move. JD is a global brand. Ive bought it on 3 other continents. it doesnt matter where its made now just as long as it is.
 
It's a beautiful little place, Lynchburg. It seems like JD should be happy to do its part to keep it that way. I have no idea if they're already doing that or not. I don't think the Fox story gives us much of an idea about that, either.
 
As usual, you ignore the facts, while trying to push your pov. Somehow, you missed the facts that JD pays 1/3 of taxes. Plus brings in thousands of visitor, yet this nut is complaining about use of imagery. Wonder what that image would look like w/out JD's?

Typical of left-wing fools, can't see the forest for the trees.
 
Brotha, my objection is your character assassination of the person in the article, namely, calling him a "miserable human being". The facts do not support that depiction.

My pov, as you call it, is to take issue with you and other rude people who choose to hurl personal insults at a person who (however misguided) seems to have the area's better interests at heart.

I'm not necessarily advocating his position of raising taxes on JD, but unlike you, I'm not calling him a "miserable human being".

It's sad that you don't even seem to recognize that.
 
It is time people stood up to those who, with (perhaps) good intentions, come up with godawful ideas. And if calling them miserable human beings is part of that, then so be it. That is better than continuing to pave the road to hell.

Rarely has the unholy Trinity of ignorance, rudeness, and anti-Jesus the Christ's teachings been so nicely melded into one.
 
I'm sure my hurling a personal insult at you would be more your and Brotha's style.

Brotha's post actually is a good example of the type of overarching rudeness that infects our current political discourse, as does your comment.

Rather than discuss policy, you two choose to insult the man on a personal level. His views are not only wrong, he's a "miserable human being".
 
You may not agree with what he's trying to do but to call him a "miserable human being" is all too typical of the overheated right-wing intolerant rhetoric flowing from the conservative gasbag machine.
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I would consider any thief a miserable human being. the government is allowed to take things legally, it doesnt mean those that participate are not miserable human beings. Don't get me wrong, taxes are fair, unreasonable taxes are not and if you are not able to treat everyone equally and you prefer to demonize one group to obtain your objective, you are not a good person.
 
Could you guys please take your dick-measuring contest outside?


This is why I find this so interesting: it seems to me that Jack Daniels can only be made in Lynchburg. It is so associated with Lynchburg that it can only be made there. They could make whiskey with the same exact taste and flavor profile in Newark, New Jersey and it would not be the same thing and it would not sell.


So Jack Daniels has a vested interest in preserving Lynchburg as a nice place not only for visitors but for the people who live there and who are impacted by the visitors.

Having said that, Lynchburg has a vested interest in the survival of Jack Daniels. If Jack can no longer compete, down goes Lynchburg. It is the goose that lays the golden egg.

The key is to tax it at a rate that can allow its growth and survival while at the same time taxing it fairly to allow for the repair of roads that its visitors make necessary, their impact on the local sewage treatment plant etc...
 
I doubt there would a) be much difference in taste and wonder b) if there was a difference, would that difference be negative?

Temperature? Please. They make great whiskey in Ireland and Scotland, so it's not like they're growing grapes with they distill and cask booze.

As far as water goes, that's why God made filters.

The last time I heard such convincing reasoning why JD can only be made in TN was when someone was telling me how transubstantiation worked....
 
P, you of all people, should appreciate a good character assassination. So are we playing by the left-wing double standards?

Meaning what, brotha?
 
Just because you can't taste it does not mean the differences aren't there.

The masters at the distillery will tell you the temperature the barrels are subjected to during aging makes a difference. It's why some barrels go into Jack Green (those in the cooler areas of the distillery), and other barrels go into Jack Black.
 
As to question b, the answer is, who knows?

There are many, many, many whiskeys on the market that I think are far superior to Jack Daniels. Other people are dearly in love with Jack and won't drink anything else. The fact is, it wouldn't be Jack Daniels, for better or for worse, were it made elsewhere.
 
The fact is, it wouldn't be Jack Daniels, for better or for worse, were it made elsewhere.
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i imagine it would taste similar with different iron deficient water from another source. the flavor comes from burning the liquor over charcoal. i dont like jack daniels anyway, to me its a brand more than anything and im sure if it was made somewhere else, it wouldnt matter that much. traditionally, it would be a bad thing and so hard core folks might not like it but its sold globally and nobody else would care.
 
The fact is, it wouldn't be Jack Daniels, for better or for worse, were it made elsewhere.

That's marketing hype; not fact.
 
I meant it would not taste the same, and therefore would not be Jack Daniels. You can call that marketing hype all you want. I really couldn't care less.
 
Why don't you go back and read some of the things about 'Ol back of the bus', 'lawn jockey' Herman Cain, that you have posted in the last couple of weeks.

That's what I thought you were getting at, bro. I can read you like a book.

Here's the deal. First, Herm himself said he didn't take any part in the civil rights fight. I criticized him for that. It's odd that you take issue with that. Or not.

Next, you need to go back to the lawn jockey thread. I said that is how the GOP will end up treating Herm. And I stand by that. The GOP will not sincerely embrace Herm, bro, but only use him as window dressing (or lawn jockey dressing) to garner black votes. It's odd that you think this is a criticism of Herm rather than the GOP. Or not.
 
And you used 'lawn jockey' solely because of Cain.

Of course I did. You know, the negative racial stereotype of the lawn jockey? As in that's how the GOP will wind up treating Herm. I thought that was obvious. Or not.
 
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