by Ryan McMaken: Water Subsidies and Shortages in the American - TopicsExpress



          

by Ryan McMaken: Water Subsidies and Shortages in the American West - (...) Water shortages occur in the West not because too many people are flushing their toilets too often, but because agriculture, heavily subsidized through cheap water made possible by the federal government, continues to grow crops in places that would never support agriculture on a similar scale in a free market. Indeed, agriculture uses well over 80 percent of all the water used in Western states, and most of that water is stored, pumped, and diverted using dams, pumps, and aqueducts paid for by the U.S. taxpayer. mises.org/daily/6568/Water-Subsidies-and-Shortages-in-the-American-West
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:10:46 +0000

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