NC barrel cap raising law defeated

I know a few days late but too bad this state didn’t pass this
http://www.indyweek.com/news/archives/2017/04/20/hb-500-sponsor-wholesalers-made-clear-they-werent-going-to-discuss-raising-barrel-cap

I know that I’m biased because I want to support local breweries to build up their business, but it’s funny that you never a valid opposing argument to the raising of the barrel cap. The cap is just an arbitrary number. Breweries are very in-favor of raising it, so that they have more control over distribution of their own product, and they make a clear argument. It seems the opposition (the distributors) prefer to stay relatively quiet, and just use their big lobbying money to quash anything. There just isn’t a clear argument why it is beneficial to have an arbitrary cap, other than "that’s how it’s always been" and distributors can spend more money on lobbyists to protect their interests. But I guess that’s just politics.

Originally posted by jcnielsen
I know that I’m biased because I want to support local breweries to build up their business, but it’s funny that you never a valid opposing argument to the raising of the barrel cap. The cap is just an arbitrary number. Breweries are very in-favor of raising it, so that they have more control over distribution of their own product, and they make a clear argument. It seems the opposition (the distributors) prefer to stay relatively quiet, and just use their big lobbying money to quash anything. There just isn’t a clear argument why it is beneficial to have an arbitrary cap, other than "that’s how it’s always been" and distributors can spend more money on lobbyists to protect their interests. But I guess that’s just politics.

Originally posted by OldGrowth

Originally posted by jcnielsen
I know that I’m biased because I want to support local breweries to build up their business, but it’s funny that you never a valid opposing argument to the raising of the barrel cap. The cap is just an arbitrary number. Breweries are very in-favor of raising it, so that they have more control over distribution of their own product, and they make a clear argument. It seems the opposition (the distributors) prefer to stay relatively quiet, and just use their big lobbying money to quash anything. There just isn’t a clear argument why it is beneficial to have an arbitrary cap, other than "that’s how it’s always been" and distributors can spend more money on lobbyists to protect their interests. But I guess that’s just politics.

I did see something from the nc wholesalers, they kind of threw some breweries under the bus, saying they we delinquent on taxes. See if I can find it