Posted on Jun 16, 2015
Should there be water restrictions for those who can afford to pay for high water usage?
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With the ongoing drought issues in California, many people believe that if they can afford to pay high property taxes and high water bills for usage, then they shouldn't have water restrictions levied against them for their property. How do you feel about this way of thinking?
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I reside in California and I believe we should just follow the directions provided by the water companies in our specific cities - just follow directions and do the right thing. Easy!
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I would say no. With the caveat being that the money brought in by the high rates goes to developing additional water resources for everyone. Of course, in California that will never happen.
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Capt Seid Waddell
MSgt James Mullis, California has caused its own water problems.
"In the 1970s, coastal elites squelched California’s near-century-long commitment to building dams, reservoirs, and canals, even as the Golden State’s population ballooned. Court-ordered drainage of man-made lakes, meant to restore fish to the 1,100-square-mile Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, partly caused central California’s reservoir water to dry up.
Not content with preventing construction of new water infrastructure, environmentalists reverse-engineered existing projects to divert precious water away from agriculture, privileging the needs of fish over the needs of people.
Then they alleged that global warming, not their own foolish policies, had caused the current crisis."
Never stand between a fool and destiny.
http://www.city-journal.org/2015/25_1_california-drought.html
"In the 1970s, coastal elites squelched California’s near-century-long commitment to building dams, reservoirs, and canals, even as the Golden State’s population ballooned. Court-ordered drainage of man-made lakes, meant to restore fish to the 1,100-square-mile Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, partly caused central California’s reservoir water to dry up.
Not content with preventing construction of new water infrastructure, environmentalists reverse-engineered existing projects to divert precious water away from agriculture, privileging the needs of fish over the needs of people.
Then they alleged that global warming, not their own foolish policies, had caused the current crisis."
Never stand between a fool and destiny.
http://www.city-journal.org/2015/25_1_california-drought.html
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If there was a limited food supply should some starve so others can stuff themselves?
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MSgt James Mullis
No one should starve. However, their is plenty of water in the world (and California) for everyone. California's problem is not its cyclical droughts, its problem is a lack in common sense preparation for the droughts.
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