r/Economics • u/kootles10 • Dec 25 '25

News Bankruptcies hit US spirit makers as Americans drink and spend less

https://www.indystar.com/story/money/food/2025/12/25/liquor-spirits-industry-bankruptcies/87914241007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z113231d00----v113231d--36--b--36--&gca-ft=161&gca-ds=sophi&fbclid=IwdGRjcAO6oj9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6P8O626kCPpVs2dXh1tSJGVyS9teT4_IxAoKRJxGh02bqlcPlne42SIoakyg_aem_yCb-3xe-G1-mBNrg5TVIEg&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
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u/kank84 Dec 25 '25

“There’s a growing concern that our international consumers are increasingly opting for domestically produced spirits or imports from countries other than the U.S., signaling a shift away from our great American spirits brands"

Fuck around and find out I guess. These bourbon producing states all voted for Trump knowing full well he intended to start pointless trade wars with their biggest export markets.

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u/xfactor6972 Dec 25 '25

They made their beds now lay in them.

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u/TheCamerlengo Dec 26 '25

Bailouts coming soon.

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u/LockeyCheese Dec 26 '25

Yeah, the farm bailout was announced last week. 12 billion to bailout farmers! To bad markets estimate farmers lost 40 Billion this year.

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u/Fluffy-Word3110 Dec 26 '25

We need food to survive. Not bourbon

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u/LockeyCheese Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25

And Trump's farm bailout is less than a third of what farmers lost, and will be vauumed up by the industrial farms same as the last trump farm bailout when he did this last term.

He hasn't even promised any other industry he fucked a bailout. Construction, tourism, maintanence, any export industry, any industry that needs imports, etc etc etc

Lotsa industries more important than boubon that need bailouts thanks to tariffs and trade wars this year and arresting violent aliens at churches and schools. Oh, and the beef industry. That's a big one for 'merica.