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The problem with this is tax payers don’t want to pay MORE taxes.
California in the worst drought in more than 100 years
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The problem with this is tax payers don’t want to pay MORE taxes.
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Socialism costs money bitch! Pay up suckah!!!!!
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But the jobs and economic output generated as a result of hydroelectric power could pay for those kind of projects. Anyways they're paid over several decades not all at once. As the population and the economy grows so do the revenues to pay for it such as from manufacturing.
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Oh, I agree. But, when faced with high priced water or no water which do you think they will pick?
Naturally, the better choice is to build more reservoirs in our own state, capture more water which just gets wasted and dumped into the sea, and we should stop dumping delta water into the sea as the infrastructure currently exists to prevent that. But Democrats have blocked all of those for 60 years. They've also blocked most desalination plants, it took 40 years to get approval to build one small desalination plant here in San Diego County. All because of excess regulations and ever changing regulations designed purposefully by Democrats.
While we are at it gray water recycling would also be a good idea, we have had such a system in San Diego since the 1990's due to L.A.D.W.P.'sprice gouging. The same water L.A.D.W.P. sells in L.A. and Orange Counties for $X costs 10X in San Diego simply because they legally can where as they legally cannot raise prices in their official service areas. Despite the fact that all the pipes and aqueducts connecting L.A.D.W.P.'s system is own by the San Diego Water Authority and so costs L.A.D.W.P. nothing. That has caused us to raise the height of local dams, expand and line the bottom with plastic sheeting for the All American Canal (taking Colorado River water to San Diego), and to build a desalination plant.
Naturally, the better choice is to build more reservoirs in our own state, capture more water which just gets wasted and dumped into the sea, and we should stop dumping delta water into the sea as the infrastructure currently exists to prevent that. But Democrats have blocked all of those for 60 years. They've also blocked most desalination plants, it took 40 years to get approval to build one small desalination plant here in San Diego County. All because of excess regulations and ever changing regulations designed purposefully by Democrats.
While we are at it gray water recycling would also be a good idea, we have had such a system in San Diego since the 1990's due to L.A.D.W.P.'sprice gouging. The same water L.A.D.W.P. sells in L.A. and Orange Counties for $X costs 10X in San Diego simply because they legally can where as they legally cannot raise prices in their official service areas. Despite the fact that all the pipes and aqueducts connecting L.A.D.W.P.'s system is own by the San Diego Water Authority and so costs L.A.D.W.P. nothing. That has caused us to raise the height of local dams, expand and line the bottom with plastic sheeting for the All American Canal (taking Colorado River water to San Diego), and to build a desalination plant.
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We didn’t even vote in the water treatments for ocean bacteria and that was only a $17 increase when I was here 13 years ago that would have benefited us all.
I’m a beach dweller and so are the majority here… so I’m not off base here.
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Why... that's the nicest thing anyone has said to me all day.
C'mere, lemme fondle those corkscrew nipples with these tongs.
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Californians have voted in 100% wokism control. I suspect those who have money are gonna get raked over the coals. It may take another 10 years before it happens. I'd say keep a close eye on public opinion and if support grows for that bullshit of taxing people based on how many years they've lived in Cali, even if they move out, run for your life.
It's funny to hear people moaning about $5 gas. Gas here is more like $8 a gallon.
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Do people even listen to you anymore you wet fart? God help Portugal!
Meanwhile, in Cornfukistan, I shit, flush, wipe my ass, flush, and then wipe 1 extra time and flush. Why? Cause they started making them water saving toilets in the 90's and I was all "FUK THAT, I'M FLUSHING EXTRA!". I also let the water run full fukin blast when brushing my teeth. My R/O unit for the reef tank dumps waste water on the driveway.
Because you're hoping to die of dehydration sooner rather than later? Or hoping to kill off your kids?
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Yeah baby....keep up the positivity. You’re a breath of fresh air. I bet I could suck the flatulent right out of your arse and become cleverererr!Meanwhile, in Cornfukistan, I shit, flush, wipe my ass, flush, and then wipe 1 extra time and flush. Why? Cause they started making them water saving toilets in the 90's and I was all "FUK THAT, I'M FLUSHING EXTRA!". I also let the water run full fukin blast when brushing my teeth. My R/O unit for the reef tank dumps waste water on the driveway.
Because you're hoping to die of dehydration sooner rather than later? Or hoping to kill off your kids?
Thanks for the compliments. You're my model for how to behave at BF!!!!!!!!! Keeping it positive, like you!
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Are you trying to say that I’m a model Bastard!? Why thank you precious...finally, you got the draft! Xx
You're full of shit, is what you are.
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Why though? I’m a naturalist. I provide. I don’t do drugs. I give to charity globally. I provide work for a multitude of families. Why would you base my personal life on my Breakfall persona? Because that’s precisely what you’re doing?
What?
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Exactly!
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You live in a shithole socialist country. $8/gallon gas is absurd and totally unnecessary but you people are fine with paying $2 for the gas and $6 for the taxes. GFY, cunt.
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Well, the first funny post I've seen you post in a long time. It works for any female poster. Did you get some sleep, get laid or something?
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My problem with the drought concerns is that California has had droughts that have lasted a lot longer than 100 years in its past.
The problem is we have 40 million people and haven't done the things we need to do to supply water to all those people. Yeah, we might need more reservoirs, most rainfall runs off into the ocean.
We may also need desalinization plants.
There aren't easy answers.
The problem is we have 40 million people and haven't done the things we need to do to supply water to all those people. Yeah, we might need more reservoirs, most rainfall runs off into the ocean.
We may also need desalinization plants.
There aren't easy answers.
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Whats frustrating is this should have been dealt with 30 years ago but democrats didnt do shit. All you people do is cry and make shit worse. In 20 years, now will be the good old days.
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Over all San Diego isn't doing half bad. It was raining just last night. Light rain but every bit helps. We are just entering our winter rainy season too so I would wait and see how the rainy season goes before panicking.
That said we have decades of Democrats blocking all dam construction and even foolishly demanding existing dams be destroyed and reservoirs drained. The idiots in San Francisco demanding that the Hetch-Hetchy dam be removed (were the city gets 90% of its water) was especially moronic. Dems have shut down most of the state water system for farmers for the third year all while letting water flow out into the sea and be wasted.
When you put idiot leftists in charge this is what what happens. It reminds me of Newscum shutting down the state's late nuclear reactor, a big carbon free source of abundant base load power, while we were having blackouts and he was demanding reductions in carbon output. Just nonsensical stupidity.
That said we have decades of Democrats blocking all dam construction and even foolishly demanding existing dams be destroyed and reservoirs drained. The idiots in San Francisco demanding that the Hetch-Hetchy dam be removed (were the city gets 90% of its water) was especially moronic. Dems have shut down most of the state water system for farmers for the third year all while letting water flow out into the sea and be wasted.
When you put idiot leftists in charge this is what what happens. It reminds me of Newscum shutting down the state's late nuclear reactor, a big carbon free source of abundant base load power, while we were having blackouts and he was demanding reductions in carbon output. Just nonsensical stupidity.
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The problems with people on the left is that they're not always practical. They want to stop building to keep our greenspaces for example, all the while not considering how immigration impacts housing. Prices go up and up and homeless increases.
The problem on the right is that no matter what they don't want to pay any more in taxes, but are unwilling to shift the tax burden onto the very wealthy, where it was in decades past.
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You think it is "lame" to point out who's policies resulted in the state being woefully unprepared? Next thing we know will you also claim aowing in 10 million illegals some how doesn't spike demand for water? All while Democrats install policies which severely restrict our water supply? As if that isn't part of the problem?
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As surprisingly reasonable response from you. Thank you. I would contend that most people, including conservatives, are willing to pay more in taxes as long as they are reasonably assured it won't wasted. Politicians usually waste most of the money.
Wrt the water system... I would suggest we copy something like the Israeli water authority which by law must be completely non-political, is required by law to be as financially efficient as possible (and private individuals can go to court to force spending changes if they find waste or over spending forcing spending reductions), it is exempted from most laws other than safety (no politicians can force big price increases by demanding corrupt union contracts for instance), and the agency automatically gets a percentage of total government income. That might be a good way to go.
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We both know they are but also that the policies are ineffective in solving the supposed problems they seek to address. For instance the Delta Smelt. They've let the water flow out to the ocean for 20 years now yet the smelt haven't been found in the wild in five years. Why? Simple, all the introduced preditors have eaten them all. Bass, catfish, striped bass, carp... All the invasive species which were native all are happy to eat a 1"to 2" long minnow. The problem was never insufficient water flow. The problem was always non-native preditors.
The Delta Smelt was always just an excuse, a vehicle, for the radical fringe leftists to get what they really wanted.
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