cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/18416511
I’m sorry, but the lede on this broke me to the point of uncontrollable laughter. This is just so profoundly stupid, I don’t think Monty Python at their peak could parody this.
It’s also a lot of water to waste in the West, which is unfortunate.
This is Disaster Capitalism with made-to-order disasters created by the Republican government itself.
MMW - Some of these farmers will go bankrupt due to the lack of water and their farms will be snapped up by large corporations. Republicans will claim that “Government is the problem”, then insist that the Corp of Engineers dams, water management and distribution must be privatized.