Comments on: Fiscal Cliff Bill’s Hidden Subsidy For Caribbean Rum http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/fiscal-cliff-bills-hidden-subsidy-for-caribbean-rum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fiscal-cliff-bills-hidden-subsidy-for-caribbean-rum Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jimbos Rumproject http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/fiscal-cliff-bills-hidden-subsidy-for-caribbean-rum/comment-page-1/#comment-27277 Jimbos Rumproject Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:03:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=154762#comment-27277 It's really going way beyond feeling that it's "unfair".   This massive subsidy actually threatens the existence of Caribbean distillers, especially from the Bahamas, Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana and the Dominican Republic.    According to CARICOM - their organization - this subsidy threatens their actual existence. It is a travesty that strikes at the heart and soul of rum and this dirty deal must be undone.  If you really care about continuing to see fine Caribbean rums at fair prices, please sign this petition... http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-massive-u-s-rum-subsidies-to-the-usvi-and-puerto.html It’s really going way beyond feeling that it’s “unfair”.   This massive subsidy actually threatens the existence of Caribbean distillers, especially from the Bahamas, Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana and the Dominican Republic.    According to CARICOM – their organization – this subsidy threatens their actual existence.

It is a travesty that strikes at the heart and soul of rum and this dirty deal must be undone.  If you really care about continuing to see fine Caribbean rums at fair prices, please sign this petition…

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-massive-u-s-rum-subsidies-to-the-usvi-and-puerto.html

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