California Lawmakers Mull Buying Out Farmers to Save Water
A proposal in the state Senate would spend up to $1.5 billion to buy “senior water rights” that allow farmers to take as much water as needed from the state’s rivers and streams to grow their crops. If state officials owned those rights, they could leave the water in the rivers to benefit endangered species of salmon and other fish.
“It’s like we’re taking a page from corporate America and we’re buying back stock,” said state Sen. Bob Wieckowski, a Democrat who represents the San Francisco Bay Area and is chair of a budget subcommittee overseeing environmental spending.
But state Sen. Brian Dahle, a republican running for governor whose family has been farming in California for 92 years, said the only reason farmers would be willing to sell is because state officials are driving them out of business with burdensome regulations.
“This makes my blood boil. It’s ridiculous,” Dahle told his colleagues during a legislative hearing on the proposal. “You are forcing them into a corner where they have no other option.”
A food shortage is predicted so California wants to cut major producers of America’s food.
So human beings become the endangered species at the cost of fish.
Remember, CA grows food for all of America, not just CA.
Dims never follow the logic on what the consequences of their actions will bring.
Only makes sense if you are a dim and want to kill off as many people as you can.
Because destroying food processing plants & killing cattle isn't working fast enough.