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the idea that "leave it to the market" will solve all problems is ridiculous as is shown by the historical example I gave.
by jshen 8y ago
the idea that "leave it to the market" will solve all problems is ridiculous as is shown by the historical example I gave.
- pfdietz 8y agoThe idea that the only market is a robber-baron friendly totally unregulated one is an absurd strawman. The water issues in California could be addressed by trading (say) half the water currently going to agriculture. Everyone would be better off, including those poor you pretend to care about.
- jshen 8y agoIt’s not a straw man, that’s exactly what a whole lot of people on here believe is the one true way. So your idea is that the government will decide and enforce that roughly half the water is not allowed for agriculture?