Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Endangered Species Act Causes California Drought - WSJ.com
Here's an example of government management.
In this case it's water.
It certainly should give us pause when we consider other things that they want to manage...
In this case it's water.
It certainly should give us pause when we consider other things that they want to manage...
Devin Nunes writes in the Wall Street Journal:
"But today the San Joaquin Valley is being transformed into a dust bowl. Hundreds of thousands of acres are fallow, while almond and plum trees are being left to die in the scorching sun. Tens of thousands of people have been tossed out of work—the town of Mendota alone has an unemployment rate of about 40%—and the lines for food donations stretch down streets. The reason? There isn't enough water to go around this year, and the Obama administration is drawing up new reasons to divert more of it from farms and people and into the San Francisco Bay."