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Re:The Colorado River is shrinking by JshWright on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @01:59PM (#27909713)
Why should we subsidize the cost of them making money?
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Re:The Colorado River is shrinking by nradov on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @02:37PM (#27910219)
Most of those crops aren't directly subsidized. The problem is water rights which are legally tied to real estate. So there's no way to force farmers to pay market rates for water.
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Re:The Colorado River is shrinking by JshWright on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @02:55PM (#27910479)
The externalized costs are absolutely being subsidized.
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