Monday, June 28, 2004
Rogue Brewery Gets It Right
I just read Rogue's newsletter. Besides being a top-notch brewery worthy of our money, the Oregan brewery got pretty conservative, which is very unusual in the craft beer industry. It was more in the common-sense, libertarian strain of conservatism.
First regarding smoking: "Bar and restauraunt owners are being sued by bartenders and wait-staff. The employees say that they are exposed to second-hand smoke because they are forced to work around smokers. You took a job in a bar, people. If smoke bothers you, then get a different job!" They then go off on lawyers and lawsuits and extol personal responsibility.
Later in the same newsletter: "Another bottoms up topic - taxes! Yeah, paying income tax is how we contribute to a civilized society. Blah, blah blah...And maybe we should if it was our only tax. But it's not. Take a look at what American's pay: [list too numerous to reproduce here] Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago when America was the most prosperous nation in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, the largets middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. What the hell happened?"
You go Rogue! When I'm in San Francisco, I'll be sure to visit your pub and give you my support. Ok, I was going to go anyway. Even if you were hippies.
I just read Rogue's newsletter. Besides being a top-notch brewery worthy of our money, the Oregan brewery got pretty conservative, which is very unusual in the craft beer industry. It was more in the common-sense, libertarian strain of conservatism.
First regarding smoking: "Bar and restauraunt owners are being sued by bartenders and wait-staff. The employees say that they are exposed to second-hand smoke because they are forced to work around smokers. You took a job in a bar, people. If smoke bothers you, then get a different job!" They then go off on lawyers and lawsuits and extol personal responsibility.
Later in the same newsletter: "Another bottoms up topic - taxes! Yeah, paying income tax is how we contribute to a civilized society. Blah, blah blah...And maybe we should if it was our only tax. But it's not. Take a look at what American's pay: [list too numerous to reproduce here] Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago when America was the most prosperous nation in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, the largets middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. What the hell happened?"
You go Rogue! When I'm in San Francisco, I'll be sure to visit your pub and give you my support. Ok, I was going to go anyway. Even if you were hippies.
