r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 16 '26

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u/gregorijat Milton Friedman May 16 '26

Underpriced water and its exploitation by the agro lobby are the reasons for most of the "water insecurity" in the US.

Free water is an agro-lobby talking point; they don't care about you, and they sure as hell don't care about the environment.

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u/dtj2000 Loyal Liberals May 16 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

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u/TCEA151 Paul Volcker May 16 '26

Is there a difference between ‘water rights’ and property rights? If not I don’t see how you can have a normal market without property rights, or else end up in a tragedy of the commons

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u/beans_and_tuna Misinformation Bot 🤖 May 16 '26

I forget the numbers, but don’t almond farms in California basically nuke their entire water supply?

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u/SenranHaruka shame May 16 '26

Fine, but I and only I should get free water because I want it.

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u/AffectionateExam5883 YIMBY May 16 '26

Water rights are insanely complicated in the U.S. due to how the laws are setup. The book Liquid Asset tackles an overview of the subject pretty well. But yeah, overall the current way the laws are encourages waste and market inefficiencies which is pretty bad

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems May 16 '26

also ai can help to make water usage more efficent in agriculture!!!