Australian Government Wants to Outlaw Inexpensive Alcoholic Beverages
October 13th, 2012Home brew.
Via: The Australian:
CHEAP wine will be banned under a federal health agency’s plan to make drinkers pay at least $8-$10 for a bottle of booze.
The Federal Government’s Australian National Preventative Health Agency will advise this week that a “floor price” and new taxes be calculated as a way to make alcohol dearer.
The prohibition plan to stop cheap drunks binging on discount drinks – including cask wine and cleanskins – has delighted health groups but sparked an alcohol industry revolt.
Well, now, you can have all your global warming, bilderberg, wall street, lizard alien, agenda 21, big brother new world order bullcrap; but THIS…!? This is going TOO DAMNED FAR! What the heck do they think it is that keeps us from lighting the torches and picking up pitchforks in the first place? Eliminate cheap plonk and you invite armegeddon. The angry masses shall awake, with splitting hangovers, and visit hell upon TPTB. Are they really that confident, or has the hubris finally got the best of `em?
@GaryC – Remember the Prohibition? When everyone is being screwed royal financially, the PTB decided the peoples could know longer get a good buzz just to fugged-it-all. Yes, I think it is hubris and then some. And if I lived down under I’d start finding some ways DARN QUICK to have the equipment to make your own.
I’ve got this hard cider that is crystal clear a year later. It knocks me down, but it is deginitely home brewed. Cheers and sorry for your additional worries! (:
That’s impressive, Eileen! Well done.
I live in American and have been home brewing for 5 years now (since I was 21!) I make sure to brew at least once a month. Calculating the price per bottle cost of every batch is one of my favorite parts of home brewing. I love knowing exactly how much I save in time and money.
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Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers is definitely an astonishing work.
I lent it to my old chiropractor and didn’t get it back. He gave me two free sessions for it though!
FWIW, my original comment was entirely tongue-in-cheek. Prohibition was, and still is, just another business opportunity. So I find it puzzling that the Aussie gov’t would try something so ignorant during hard times. As always, we are left scratching our heads over what is the real reason for this legislation. Do gangsters have lobbyists now?