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AintNothinPersonal•

I think this explains it pretty well: http://www.wdrb.com/story/28047376/kentucky-bill-pits-micro-breweries-against-big-beer-maker

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JJJ3232•

Why is there a three tier system? Wouldn't getting rid of that make it more fair instead? I'm still having trouble understanding what's going on.

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ClitFiddlerOP•

From reading the article it seems AB owns the distribution making them the middle man. I suppose there are laws against being the middle man if you're competition has to go through you (distributor) to get their beer to the stores.

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jeffmcadams•

While I have my opinions of whether a three tier system is a good idea or not, there's not anything inherently unfair about it...at least if its actually really implemented consistently as a three tier system. Everyone playing by the same rules is "fair".

The problem is that not everyone is playing by the same rules, here. Out of state breweries can essentially play in a two tier system by owning their own distributorships. That's the unfair part of the deal. In-state breweries have to play by one set of rules, while out-of-state breweries can choose to engage a different set of rules that rather drastically favor them.

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tazunemono•

Even ELI18 is too low, but everyone is entitled to their opinion, I suppose. The scary thing is that those who will be voting on this bill want the ELI5 version as well. You can't distill this (or any other major piece of legislation) down to a simplified level without glossing over key elements that will impact us as citizens for years to come.

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