rico567
Well-Known Member
I'm not sure if the "General Brewing" is the proper forum for this, so I'll jut make it a catch-all......
There's a lot of pressure being exerted on a lot of state legislatures right now on homebrewing issues, ranging from outright legitimizing it in the few states where it's still prohibited, to relaxing various regulations.
I'm not here to comment on the consequences of liberalizing / legitimizing social attitudes and impacts from homebrew, since those are rather imponderable anyhow. However, it did occur to me that with the growing numbers of homebrewers and their increasing activism, it's only a matter of time -and perhaps not that much time- before our beloved elected representatives turn their attention to the thing that's never very far from their minds- REVENUE. It may seem improbable at this point, but it could be done under the public health rubric, or any other rationale, no matter how far-fetched it seems now. As the current economic situation continues to fester, squeezing every possible source for revenue is going to become a disease, and at every level of government.
"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true."
- Spock, Star Trek TOS
There's a lot of pressure being exerted on a lot of state legislatures right now on homebrewing issues, ranging from outright legitimizing it in the few states where it's still prohibited, to relaxing various regulations.
I'm not here to comment on the consequences of liberalizing / legitimizing social attitudes and impacts from homebrew, since those are rather imponderable anyhow. However, it did occur to me that with the growing numbers of homebrewers and their increasing activism, it's only a matter of time -and perhaps not that much time- before our beloved elected representatives turn their attention to the thing that's never very far from their minds- REVENUE. It may seem improbable at this point, but it could be done under the public health rubric, or any other rationale, no matter how far-fetched it seems now. As the current economic situation continues to fester, squeezing every possible source for revenue is going to become a disease, and at every level of government.
"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true."
- Spock, Star Trek TOS