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It is absolutely bonkers than more than half of the water being used from the Colorado river is for livestock. How is there even a political route forward, give
by bscphil 3y ago
It is absolutely bonkers than more than half of the water being used from the Colorado river is for livestock. How is there even a political route forward, given that no one is going to touch the third rail and implement a tax on meat? (Or heck, even eliminating subsidies.)
- scythe 3y agoA lot of the "water used for livestock" is used on crops that are exported for livestock that live elsewhere. A tax on meat domestically won't hit that. A tax on exports would be very unpopular, for obvious reasons.