Posted on 06/09/2011 9:53:06 AM PDT by MichCapCon
Amongst the decade-plus wreckage that has been the Michigan economy, there is an industry of 80 small businesses that have quietly carved out a success story. A February MLive profile tallied up $70 million in business expansions and job creation currently being invested in this state by these quiet capitalists. They didn’t do it with help and special deals from government economic planning czars trying to pick winners and losers, and they’re individually too small to credibly cry for taxpayer bailouts when the bottom line goes bad. Indeed, in a tale all too typical of Michigan businesses that decide to pack up and leave for friendlier locations, these stout sons and daughters of the Great Lakes State are winning in the marketplace in spite of Michigan government imposing strict regulations on their industry.
They make beer: some of the very best beer in America and the world.
But a little guy beating the giant mega-brewers by making a tastier product is just the start of the challenges facing a Michigan craft-brewer. Getting that product to thirsty customers presents another obstacle. And it’s one where state government has put up hurdles rather than helped. Unlike most other Michigan businesses, high-end craft beer makers are severely limited regarding how they sell their product and who delivers it to customers and retailers...
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Why not just move out of Michigan?
Liquor wholesalers have a lot of political juice in every state, but this is ridiculous. How can they justify perpetual contracts? This kind of good old boys’ club has got to be smashed.
NOOOOOOOOOO! :)
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