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Yeah! California could fix the water issue by restricting agricultural use water. That way, California could finally kill off it's agricultural production. This will ensure farmers will move to other states and turn to the plentiful supply of hard drugs. This seems exactly what California will do. You would think California politicians might make a good decision -- EVEN by mistake once and while -- but NO. How is that train from LA going?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/california-staff-report-rec...




This is just "But think of the farmers!!!".

Across the US, farmers are not poor. By dint of being landowners, they are in fact some of the richest people around. See, e.g., this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/trump-amer... or this one: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/14/opinion/sunday/rich-happi....


Exactly. They are loaded, especially from farm subsidies. On paper they are super rich. We should cut off their water, force them to pay taxes on their still operating farms, and sprinkle salt all over the land. California should shoot down the water desalination projects (like it has for 20 years) and punish it's citizenry.


"This will ensure farmers will move to other states"

This does not even make sence - Are they going to sell their farmland? To whom, other farmers? Are those other farnera not going to farm the famrland?




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