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rayiner | karma 121493 | avg karma 4.24 · 2019-03-16 02:57:20

What are you talking about? The Western water rights system (prior appropriation) is the opposite of markets. It basically lets the first person to tap the public resource use unlimited amounts of it for free. That’s not a market.

jshen | karma 5007 | avg karma 2.17 · 2019-03-16 03:33:03+00:00

I think you might have replied to the wrong person. I agree with you.

BurningFrog | karma 23526 | avg karma 2.88 · 2019-03-16 04:08:37+00:00

You're wildly contradicting yourself.

California is both an example of how markets can't handle water, and has also never had markets in water.

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jshen | karma 5007 | avg karma 2.17 · 2019-03-16 07:04:28+00:00

I never said they had markets in water.

cbnotfromthere | karma -17 | avg karma -0.1 · 2019-03-16 10:51:15+00:00

You implied this when claiming the rich are buying all the water rights.

jshen | karma 5007 | avg karma 2.17 · 2019-03-16 16:42:35+00:00

I didn’t say that. I said they would IF we had an open “market” for water.