[patton]

That is wierd - usually, booze is recession proof. One of the “Sin Stocks.”

In good times, people buy expensive booze - in bad, the rotgut.

[Leisler]

As a long time habetour of economical spirits, I have to say that even the lowest, plastic bottle vodka is much improved from my youth. Or, I've trained my liver.

Anyways, it's expensive to license a bar. Even a small one in Massachusetts on January 1st, needs to come up with 10-20 thousand in various 'license, fees, permits'. The one I am most familiar requires over ten licenses, which are really no more then ever hairsplitting mark-of-the-beast shakedowns to be allowed to do business.

Anecdotal, booze selling is fairly off with both salesmen and delivery guys saying business is slow.

On the positive side, I hear Obama is going to build People's Sports Stadia and in exchange for lower manditory government health tax extractions will have manidoria North Koreans type mass morning exercises with accompanying loudspeaker lectures by The One.

So, we have that going for us, which is nice.

Leisler.