How Growers Gamed California’s Drought

Re:How Growers Gamed California’s Drought by beamatronic on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @08:04PM (#9300725)

I'm ready to have a STEM-based government where all of the participants ( read: politicians ) are from a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math background.

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Re:How Growers Gamed California’s Drought by oldmanjay on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @08:08PM (#9300738)

Of course, you'd be hard-pressed to find a person alive who isn't onboard with the idea that everything should be run by people they perceive as most like themselves. It's not a terribly useful sentiment.

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Re:How Growers Gamed California’s Drought by nsnick on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @08:14PM (#9300762)

Doesn't China have a government like that?

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Re:How Growers Gamed California’s Drought by dmoy on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @08:46PM (#9300880)

Yes, especially if you include economics in STEM, then 5 out of 7 on the standing committee are in that boat, as well as many of the previous members.

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Re:How Growers Gamed California’s Drought by BrainInAJar on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @08:37PM (#9300848)

lots of repressive states have engineering led governments.

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