EPISODE · Dec 26, 2025 · 16 MIN
What California Isn't Telling You About Losing Anheuser-Busch
from News For Reasonable People · host Sean Reynolds
Anheuser-Busch is shuttering its 50-year-old Fairfield brewery—yet another business exodus from California. But don't expect the media to connect the dots. They'll blame the beer industry slump, maybe even reference that disastrous Bud Light marketing fiasco from 2023, but conveniently ignore the anti-business policies strangling the Golden State. We're talking crushing taxes, suffocating regulations, sky-high real estate costs, and unpaid unemployment debt being dumped on employers. After losing Chevron's 140-year headquarters and watching countless businesses flee to Texas, Florida, and Nevada, California officials are still scratching their heads wondering what went wrong. Meanwhile, 200 workers lose their jobs and the mayor gets to deliver the holiday bad news. Is anyone surprised that companies can't survive in a state hellbent on making business impossible? When will California admit its policies are the problem? If you're tired of watching preventable economic disasters unfold while the media plays dumb, hit that subscribe button and let's keep exposing the truth together.
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Anheuser-Busch is shuttering its 50-year-old Fairfield brewery—yet another business exodus from California. But don't expect the media to connect the dots. They'll blame the beer industry slump, maybe even reference that disastrous Bud Light marketing fiasco from 2023, but conveniently ignore the anti-business policies strangling the Golden State. We're talking crushing taxes, suffocating regulations, sky-high real estate costs, and unpaid unemployment debt being dumped on employers. After losing Chevron's 140-year headquarters and watching countless businesses flee to Texas, Florida, and Nevada, California officials are still scratching their heads wondering what went wrong. Meanwhile, 200 workers lose their jobs and the mayor gets to deliver the holiday bad news. Is anyone surprised that companies can't survive in a state hellbent on making business impossible? When will California admit its policies are the problem? If you're tired of watching preventable economic disasters unfold while the media plays dumb, hit that subscribe button and let's keep exposing the truth together.
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