Selling Their Subsidized Water At Premium More Profitable Than Growing Crops, Say California Farmers

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http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=68004

01/28/2008 05:51 AM ID: 68004

Selling Water More Profitable Than Growing Crops, Say California Farmers

Farmers in California say more money can be made by selling their subsidized water to other farms and towns since it would be more profitable than growing crops. "It just makes dollars and sense right now," says Sacramento Valley farmer Bruce Rolen.

California's water shortage is the worst in ten years and is responsible for the price hike there. Some who want to sell their water include those that grow water-intensive crops like rice. Their customers would be in the south where it's dry.

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1. It's incredibly stupid that we have to subsidize their water, then buy it from them.

I guess that's the name of the game now. Isn't it the same with oil?

[MikeNearMcChord]

3. Thank You! K&R!

[I work for workers]

8. It's the same with the food they grow.

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9. Absolutely right...

We almost give the water to them, then we pay again when we buy the food. If we are giving them our water, we should get a huge discount on the food they produce with it. They couldn't do it at all without that water.

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11. American food has always been heavily subsidized

up until recently we haven't paid anything close to what it actually costs to produce and transport.

it's getting worse these days but we have always paid less for our food here.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

2. k&r.

[dysfunctional press]

4. ummm...shouldn't that be like...illegal?

:shrug:

[Ezlivin]

5. They wouldn't say that if they were growing pot

That crop has always been very profitable.

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6. stop giving them water and sell it directly. as they say in business, cut out the middleman nt

[Le Taz Hot]

7. Super idea!

You ready for your groceries to go up 1000%?

[NashVegas]

10. For the Love of Money

courtesy of Gamble / Huff / Jackson

Money money money money, MONEY
Money money money money, MONEY
Money money money money, MONEY
Money money money money, MONEY
Money money money money, MONEY
Money money money money, MONEY


Some people got to have it
Hey, Hey, Hey - some people really need it

Hey, listen to me, y'all do thangs, do thangs, do thangs - bad thangs with it
Well, you wanna do thangs, do thangs, do thangs - good thangs with it - yeah

Un Huh, talkin' bout cash money, money

Talkin' bout cash money - dollar bills y'all - come on, now

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

For the love of money
People will steal from their mother

For the love of money
People will rob their own brother

For the love of money
People can't even walk the streets
Because they'll never know who in the world they're gonna beat
For that mean, oh mean, mean green

Almighty Dollar!

Cash Money

For the love of money
People will lie, rob, they will cheat

For the love of money
People don't care who they hurt or beat

For the love of money
A woman will sell her precious body

For a small piece of paper it carries a lot of weight
Oh, that mean, mean, mean, mean, mean green

Almighty Dollar!

Talkin' bout, talkin' bout - cash

I know that money is the root of all evil
Do funny things to some people

Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime
Money can drive some people out of their minds

For the love of money
No good, no good, no good

For the love of money
Don't sell ya soul for the money - no, no

For the love of money
Lay down, lay down - women will

Money is the root of all evil
Do funny things to some people

Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime
Money can drive some people out of their minds

For the love of money
Got to have it - I really need it

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Give it up, give it up, give it up - yeah

For the love of money
Got to have it - some people really need it

For the love of money
Give me, give me, give me - cash money

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I need - I need

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Keep me, keep me, keep me - happy

For the love of money
For the love of money
How many days have I heard ya say

For the love of money
Don't let it, don't let it - don't let money rule ya

For the love of money
How many days have I heard ya say

For the love of money
Don't let it, don't let it - don't let it, don't let money fool you, no

For the love of money
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

For the love of money
Got to have it - I really need it

Don't do it - don't do it

Brother - save ya soul - save ya soul - don't sell it
For that mean, mean, mean, mean green

People, don't let money, don't let money change you

Almighty Dollar!

I keep ah tellin' you
People, don't let money, don't let money change you

Almighty Dollar!

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It'll keep on - it'll keep on - changing - yeah - changing up your mind

I'm tellin' y'all
People, don't let money, don't let money change you

Almighty Dollar!

I keep ah tellin' y'all
People, don't let money, don't let money change you

Almighty Dollar!

Yeah - 'cause it'll keep on changing - yeah - changing up your mind

It'll keep on changing - yeah - changing up your mind

I'm tellin' y'all
People, don't let money, don't let money change you

Almighty Dollar!

[Hydra]

12. Aren't these the same people that screamed that they needed illegal workers to pick for them?

Geez, they just can't seem to get along without all of these special provisions!

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Time to recommend Reisner's "Cadillac Desert" once again ...

read how we're subsidising water even to grow GRASS for beef cattle in CA ... while produce growers in CA can undersell Eastern farmers because of underpriced water.