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They did state in your own articles that the decline started prior to 2025. So yes, tariffs are a big part of the issue right now, but it did start with the decline of Gen Z'ers drinking less as a whole and less whiskey, too. "American whiskey sales dropped 1.8% in 2024 to $5.2 billion, according to industry data. The problem has been made worse by younger drinkers, particularly those in Gen Z who are abandoning traditional high-proof bourbon in favor of ready-to-drink canned cocktails and lighter alcoholic beverages like hard seltzers. Social media platforms, especially TikTok, have accelerated this trend by promoting sweeter, lower-alcohol drinks as fashionable alternatives to whiskey. These viral trends have fundamentally changed how young adults view alcohol consumption, dealing a significant blow to bourbon’s cultural appeal. Alcohol use among young Americans has declined sharply over the past two decades, with the share of adults under 35 who drink falling from 72% in the early 2000s to 62% today." "Binge drinking and underage drinking have dropped significantly, with Gen Z consuming 20% less alcohol per capita than Millennials did at the same age. Experts attribute the shift to growing health awareness, changing social norms, the rise of alcohol alternatives and economic or cultural forces shaping how younger generations view drinking."

Yup. The Canadian Premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (just before his resignation and our elections) decided to retaliate and target Red states because of tariffs and most importantly, the 51st state rhetoric. So...whiskey production and headquarters are mostly at Red States. So off came the American booze from our Province owned and run liquor stores. Jack Daniels CEO laughed at that as he said Ontario and Canadian liquor sales is but a mere 1 or 2 percent of Jack Daniels sales. Then he realized that his product is OFF the phoquing shelves and then he complained foul game play... But its definitely fine when his President declares annexation towards Canada... Its OK for tariffs... Maybe Jack Daniels might not be suffering too much, but the smaller Kentucky distilleries are in danger. Some are filing for bankruptcy. 9 billion dollar industry and one man has destroyed it. Not too forget the tourism industry. New York, Maine, Florida, Nevada and even California is feeling the pinch when Canadians decided to give Americans the middle finger. Red States or even Blue... When Trump STILL threatens annexation and most Americans are oblivious of that fact, never you mind empathy towards us Canadians...the middle finger and avoidance of anything American is a proper response from us Canadians. What is even sadder, American rights and freedoms are being stripped and yet not push back from American citizens. THAT is just UNACCEPTABLE. Fight for your rights people. Soon you wont have any. Big Three CEOs and accountants keep begging Trump to ditch the tariffs. He wont ditch them. He wants to control the Canadian steel and aluminium industry. He cant and wont be able to. For many reasons. But he will destroy the American automotive industry waaaaaay before the US gets a smidgen of Canada's industry which will be a moot point at that juncture. And Im afraid the damage is already done world wide. Who in the phoque will buy GM, Ford or even Tesla EVs when the WORLD is hatin' on the US???!!! When the Chinese EV industry is already engulfing the planet with really affordable EVs...

Maybe check the date on that article.

There is no need for an EV mandate or regulation saying no ICE after 2035 or 2040 or whatever date. What will happen is China will build a Rav4 like crossover that is more reliable than a Rav4, costs less to maintain, has a longer warranty, has more horsepower, smoother and quieter motor due to being EV and it will cost $10,000 less than a Rav4. And at that point, no one will want a gas Rav4 and ICE dies for mass market cars. Some sports cars and enthusiasts cars will have ICE engines, long haul trucks will probably be diesel. There are use cases where gas or diesel make sense, but it might be 10-20% of the market.

Stellantis could have sales drop 60% and they won't axe a single brand. Somehow these companies will get loans, investors or government bail out to stay alive. I don't t think Stellantis or Ford would go bankrupt, unless it is like what GM did in 2009, and it would allow them to cut the company in half. Ford would basically build only pick up trucks and commercial vans. Stellanis would be Jeep, Ram and Peugeot with rebadged versions as Opel and Vauxhaull depending on country. GM will be smaller too, they'll get driven out of China and South America mostly. The Chinese onslaught is coming and these guys (and Trump's government) are not ready. BYD just showed the Yangwang U9 Track Edition, it has 2,976 horsepower and costs the same as a Corvette ZR1. Dodge can bring back the Hellcat all they want, it is 2,000 hp less than a Chinese car. And China already makes an EV midsize pickup the size of a Ridgeline and it is $25,000. Legacy auto better innovate fast.

$68,300 for the start for the Stingray. My inclination would be to get a 2-3 yr old one as a CPO.. with the optional Z51 suspension, a base Stingray convertible would be fine for me as I approach 60. But I wouldn't be getting jorts or other 'Corvette guy' accoutrements.

Thank you for acknowledging the obvious... But you did ask me a question for me to address. Gen Z. 1997-2012 2024 (because problems started last last year...)- 21 (drinking age) = 2003 2018 would be the first year Gen Zers drank whiskey as they came of age to drink. 6 years of Gen Zers drinking but as soon Ticky Tocky told Gen Zers to drink more healthily, than ALL of Gen Z stopped drinking whiskey simultaneously causing all this mess. 6-7 years worth of Gen Zers drinking and THAT is the cause for bankruptcy. Have the Boomers completely stopped drinking whiskey too? What about Gen Xers? I dunno how popular whiskey was with Gen X, but I do know that Gen X drank a lot when we were in our 20s. And from the Kentucky area only as the one from Tennessee aint really complainin' loudly about Gen Z being a problem. But he did complain about Canada dropping his brand from ALL Canadian liquor stores. He did laugh and say that Canadian sales do not account much anyway. But I didnt hear him complain about Gen Z at all in the beginning of this mess... So Gen Zers targeted Kentucky bourbon area distilleries only... When this first happened, NO article mentioned Gen Z about a possible problem... https://abcnews.go.com/Business/kentucky-bourbon-industry-caught-middle-global-tariff-war/story?id=119675707 https://globalnews.ca/news/11068673/donald-trump-tariffs-us-alcohol-canada/ https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2025/03/07/canada-spirits-rep-tariffs https://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/food/spirits/bourbon/2025/02/03/canadas-decision-to-stop-buying-us-alcohol-will-hurt-kentucky-bourbon/78177222007/ https://theconversation.com/u-s-tariff-threat-how-it-will-impact-different-products-and-industries-248824 https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-kentucky-bourbon-trump-canada-europe-11bbb928bcacccb6ba35c31522783e14 Me thinks American journalism is trying to soften the blow about how shytty Trump really is and trying to lay blame elsewhere. Yeah. Hard NO to the excuse that Gen Z is causing a 9 billion dollar industry to go bust all of a sudden when its the world actually BOYCOTTING American whiskey BECAUSE of Trump's needless and useless tariff war. https://www.kentucky.com/news/business/article307948565.html This articles states that Jack Daniels erased a decades worth of growth. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/jack-daniels-parent-sees-weight-loss-drugs-cannabis-hurting-liquor-sales-bce7beea This article blames weight loss drugs, cannabis and Gen Z. Yeah...coincidentally all those factors stopped a decades long growth JUST to end it on tic tok fads of last year. NOT because Tennessee is a Red State, and that the world has targeted to boycott Red State products. THIS is my opinion of course. You cant really blame me for being skeptical... Cheers with Canadian Club this time around Elbows Up!!!

Yeah, it's a mixed bag that the tariffs are putting a nail in the coffin for the smaller distilleries.

I try to support small local business, yes, and I am aware of the contradiction. But really disgusted with the country right now, have been for a long time. Both a lack of export sales and a lack of domestic sales account for some of the issue.

I love her videos.

He was an amazing guy! Thank you. Trump is making the next century the Chinese century. its inevitable at this point. Chinese EV's are everywhere. Worse, people will not invest in a country that is unstable. It's not just Canada. And I have switched from drinking American micro brew beers to imported wine when I eat out. Not supporting American business when our country acts like this. This YANK is buying Canadian over American every chance I get.

@oldshurst442 You are so right about the auto industry. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/whitmer-told-trump-in-private-that-michigan-auto-jobs-depend-on-a-tariff-change-of-course/ar-AA1Kd8Y9?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=5ad67b9cbe604a80b8b7a0853d63f085&ei=75 Since Trump returned to the White House, Michigan has lost 7,500 manufacturing jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In this story, you have this, but it is only a matter of time: Detroit Axle, a family-run auto parts distributor, has been one of the more vocal companies in Michigan about the impact of the tariffs. The company initially announced it might have to shut down a warehouse and lay off more than 100 workers, but later said it would be able to keep the facility open, at least for now. The fact is Idiot47 seems to think he can issue a statement and the next day all those jobs will appear and all work just fine. Fact is even with saying manufacturing must be done here, it will take years to build the factories, line up supplies and start building the products. Nothing can just happen overnight, but Idiot47 does not understand that.

Guess in this case my news feed was right as I have not read the story yet, but saw about the proclamation to remove all U.S. booze and return it. Taking away a market from the U.S. companies, one would hope would get these idiot CEOs to wake up and stop supporting Idiot47.

Sorry to hear that. 58 is young. Too young to pass away.

Maybe that Walmart article was a decade ago, but the Kentucky bourbon industry is hurting right now. https://www.newsweek.com/kentucky-whiskey-distilleries-bankruptcy-2108644 https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/business/kentuckys-9b-whiskey-industry-in-crisis-as-gen-z-drinkers-shun-bourbon-tariffs-take-toll/ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/9-billion-kentucky-whiskey-industry-trouble-wave-bankruptcies-tiktok-tariffs-blame-1740199 The tariffs are a reason. Some want to blame Gen Z because they dont drink whiskey... I say byullshyte to the Gen Z excuse. I say its the retaliation of the world to shun American products. The CEO of Jack Daniels laughed when Ontario Premier Doug Ford withdrew ALL American alcohol from Ontario liquor stores and Quebec followed suit with the rest of Canada with the exception of Maple Maga Alberta. (But Im willing to bet MOST Albertans boycotted American booze anyway...) Plus the world did the same thing. Who gives a shyte about Jack Daniels and Jim Beam when Scotland, Ireland and Canada make whiskey, bourbon and rye that is equal to are even better than American whiskey. Then the CEO of Jack Daniels realized that taking away the products from the shelves is actually more damaging to sales than mere tariffs. But he dont understand that Canadians will NOT BUY American booze anyhow regardless. Stars and Stripes Maga down south are so stupid they do not realize that the world does not need to US anymore. The Kentucky bourbon industry is just the start. The American automobile industry is up next. THAT one will be the real eye opener. But it will be too late Im afraid. But then again, Donald J. Trump's latest is to try to create hysteria with city take-overs. Either that will make you guys have a civil war or you will not fight but you guys give up your freedoms slowly slowly with yet another attempt at fascism. Oh yeah...also to forget about the Epstein connection... Have a Crown Royal cheers from me.

WOW, Did I get suckered into that one as it came up on my news feed. My multi-tasking during a boring meeting was a failure on my behalf. Yup, 2016, very old news. Thank you Drew for catching that. My bad!

This hit the news here, 154 stores closing, 10,000 being laid off and the poor are wondering where they will buy their groceries as Walmart is not wanting to wait till things get better, they have decided that since the Poor has cut back spending fast due to prices, these stores are not profitable for them any more. Walmart to close 269 stores, 154 in U.S.; 10,000 employees impacted | FOX 13 Seattle This is only going to get worse. Sorry to hear that, so young. Wishing you all the best as you celebrate his life.

There's so much to digest with this: 1. This is a new way of assembling vehicles. The new production line is now a production tree with three branches that converge into one. 2. Ford has cut a lot of weight out of the platform. 4,000 fewer feet of wiring harness, 25% less fastener. Lower weight will mean more range with less battery. 3. LFP cells that are built in the US without cobalt or nickle. 4. Faster production, while overall production time will drop 15%, the assembly process will drop 40%. Ford will use some of that savings to in-source some component production. 5. 52,000 sq/ft expansion of Louisville facility. 6. Ford claims lower total cost to own than buying a 3-year old Model-Y. (I'd like to read the fine print on this one) 7. The way the components are assembled is now significantly more ergonomic, less twisting and bending for assembly workers. There was an audible gasp from someone in the crowd of assembly workers at the press event when the presenter said "You will never need to put a dash cluster through a door opening ever again". 8. The platform will allow many kinds of body styles including crossovers, sedans, and sport cars. The debut vehicle will arrive in 2027 as a mid-size truck.

Just a few months ago I was getting Kerry Gold on sale for $10.99 Your grammar lesson for today.

One of my best friends passed away, he was only 58. Flying to San Francisco the weekend of the 23rd for a celebration of life.