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Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« on: November 17, 2011, 07:28:28 PM »
Apparently some Lynchburg citizenry feel Jack Daniels doesn't contribute enough to the community by providing jobs and paying taxes just like everyone else. They want to assess a special tax that the community is "entitled" to. Michigan is enticing JD to move.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/17/michigan-lawmaker-tries-to-lure-jack-daniels-amid-tax-dispute-in-tennessee/
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2011, 07:37:59 PM »
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"We are entitled to more money from the only industry in the county..."
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Perhaps everyone else in the county should be entitled to the use of this man's house, car, wife, daughters, etc.

Does this idiot realize what he's saying when he says "only industry"? Doesn't he realize that "only" means that if they go, there's no industry?  :facepalm:
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2011, 07:41:51 PM »
What do you expect from a place that can't buy the beverage that makes them famous.
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2011, 07:44:35 PM »
I haven't bought any JD since they reformulated some years ago (proof went down, but not price) but I'd buy some Jack Daniels's Michigan Whiskey if they told Mr. Rogers (heh ;/) and company to stick it.
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2011, 07:53:38 PM »
Jack Daniels of Flint, Michigan?

Lots of work for marketing types.
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2011, 07:55:48 PM »
Quote from: Waitone on November 17, 2011, 07:53:38 PM
Jack Daniels of Flint, Michigan?

Lots of work for marketing types.

Maybe then we could BR a job there and then she could supply us with all we need. >:D
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2011, 09:09:16 PM »
Someone should remind those morons about Aesop's cautionary tale about such dealing.

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      "You're right," said her husband, "We wouldn't have to wait for the goose to lay her egg every day."

      So, the couple killed the goose and cut her open, only to find that she was just like every other goose. She had no golden eggs inside of her at all, and they had no more golden eggs.
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2011, 11:09:42 PM »
JD in Comstock Park, Mi.  Good fit.  Good beer made there too.  Plus I'm moving there. :laugh:
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2011, 06:37:38 PM »
So, assuming that the distillery is lien free, here's the plan. Bottle all the stuff currently ricked up. Slap a "limited edition" label on it. Find your employees a place to work in another town. Burn distillery to the ground. Sell "limited edition" whiskey for 3 times the going rate. Get rich on the book and media tour.
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2011, 08:08:17 PM »
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Burn distillery to the ground.

A la Midas Mulligan and Ellis Wyatt?
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2011, 08:13:32 PM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on November 18, 2011, 08:08:17 PM
A la Midas Mulligan and Ellis Wyatt?

Well, we already have the Midas Mulligan: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904480904576498442951766826.html

Guess a version of Ellis Wyatt is going to be inevitable.
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2011, 03:25:21 PM »
If I were Jack Daniels, I would threaten to open up another distillary in Kentucky or Georgia and start shifting production there.  Pay their fee for the time being if no resolution is found, maintain a good memory of the event.  If after the other distillary is open, the county wthdrawals the tax... just say No, unless  the county pays them to be there.  They are already are good "citizen" company.

The shift would result in laying off people from in and around Lynchburg and essentially doom the county.  There is little else in that county except farming.  Lots of distillaries in KY and lots of good springs in GA that should meet their specs.  Keep the Distillary in Lynchburg as the tourist site.  If necessary, move the headquarters.
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2011, 03:47:36 PM »
The only issue is what would it cost them to take truckloads of the water they use, which the claim is inherent to the taste, to the new place?
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2011, 04:46:13 PM »
If there were some bright people in Virginia, they'd point out there's a perfectly good town of Lynchburg in this state, and we prefer to encourage business rather than punish it.
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2011, 05:10:34 PM »
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Keep the Distillary in Lynchburg as the tourist site.

If they would do that, they should have restaurants, gift shops, etc on the grounds so the town wouldn't make much if anything from visitors.
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #15 on: November 20, 2011, 06:56:19 PM »
Quote from: makattak on November 20, 2011, 04:46:13 PM
If there were some bright people in Virginia, they'd point out there's a perfectly good town of Lynchburg in this state, and we prefer to encourage business rather than punish it.

Drinking the water in Lynchburg, VA, you first. Come to think of it, maybe something extra would improve the taste of Jack.  >:D
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2011, 02:04:58 AM »
Quote from: makattak on November 20, 2011, 04:46:13 PM
If there were some bright people in Virginia, they'd point out there's a perfectly good town of Lynchburg in this state, and we prefer to encourage business rather than punish it.

Heh. Heh. "Lynchburg Virginia...home of Jack Daniels and Liberty University" - Maybe Jerry Falwell jr. and Tommy Beam could get together to do a joint promo for the town.
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #17 on: November 22, 2011, 06:49:09 PM »
The new slogan - "God's own drunk".
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #18 on: November 22, 2011, 07:15:42 PM »
The county politicians voted to drop the whole issue.  http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/proposal-to-tax-jack-1237118.html
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #19 on: November 22, 2011, 09:14:27 PM »
I didn't see total amounts until Slingshot's article link. JD already pays $1.5 MILLION in property tax and the county wanted to hit them with an additional $5 MILLION in local taxes. If this had passed, JD would have been morons to stay in Lynchburg.
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Re: Jack Daniels Owes "Entitlements"
« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2011, 07:30:20 AM »
Quote from: slingshot on November 22, 2011, 07:15:42 PM
The county politicians voted to drop the whole issue.  http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/proposal-to-tax-jack-1237118.html

Too bad....I'd have loved to see the Jack Daniels label change from Lynchburg, TN to Luckenbach, TX....  :cool:
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