Almost all of the states being mooted have this problem, not just Idaho. The ones that do have water also have completely bankrupt economies that will have just as much difficulty absorbing 20,000 people. But you haven't even come close to answering the question.Almost all of the states being mooted have this problem, not just Idaho. The ones that do have water also have completely bankrupt economies that will have just as much difficulty absorbing 20,000 people. But you haven't even come close to answering the question.To: Poohbah
Well, Poohbah?
You accused the supporters of "Free State" of not wanting to answer your question of water usage. It now seems that your "facts" were invented.
Do you have any links to back up your claim that Idaho is suffering a water shortage?
Deep subject, huh? :o)
You accused the supporters of "Free State" of not wanting to answer your question of water usage. It now seems that your "facts" were invented.
North Idaho is the wet end of the state. Southern Idaho would not be the spud-growing paradise it is without extensive (and very non-Libertarian) public water projects.
Do you have any links to back up your claim that Idaho is suffering a water shortage?
Cadillac Desert, by Marc Reisner. Unless you start diverting water from the northen end of the state with massive public works projects (a bigtime Libertarian no-no), y'all going to be restricted to the northern end of the state, where there just isn't much economic activity anyway, and 20,000 more people won't magically jump-start it. Kindly note that any economic activity that requires an extensive transportation network to move goods is not going to be feasible unless you're in the southern end of the state, where there's a water problem.
There are parts of Arizona where MSCASEY could live that have similar climate to his end of Idaho, but that does not mean that the entire state of Arizona doesn't have a very big water problem.
Also, 20,000 people is not going to make a siginificant dent in the voting patterns of Idaho, since the state has a population of 1.2 million. Like I said, you're stuck with Wyoming if all you're using is 20,000--and even that isn't enough.