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Right - people don't realize that if people had to actually pay non-subsidized rates for water, and had to pay the same rate no matter whether they were using i

Right - people don't realize that if people had to actually pay non-subsidized rates for water, and had to pay the same rate no matter whether they were using it for irrigation or household use, then most of these wasteful agricultural applications would end pretty sharpish.

seanp2k2 10y ago
But then you'd be taking away their jobs since they've built empires which rely on such subsidies.
- snrplfth 10y ago
  Well, that's a pretty common reason why people oppose market prices, isn't it: "I have done this thing in the past, therefore I have a right to do it indefinitely."