Re: California's Opportunity to Achieve Improved Flood Control

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From: Paul Schelp
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:00

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wjpaul@ix.netcom.com(Warren J. Paul ) wrote:
>The low ag water rates that you seem to think are some sort of evil
>ripoff are in fact and in effect a food price subsidy for the U.S.
>The low cost, high quantity, high quality food from the central valley 
>caps the price of food in the U.S. and to a certain extent, the world. 
>The taxpayers of the U.S., through their duly elected representatives,
>have chosen to make this subsidy, and be repid with low food prices. 
>An increase of the ag water costs to urban rates would cause a severe
>food price increase, resulting in a sever recession at best, or a
>depression at worst.  You will not find many supporters of such in
>Congress.  BTW, I have always felt that Bill Bradley's interest and
>interference in California water policy was always based more on his
>political need to help the traditional New Jersey truck farmers to
>compete with California than on any real concern.
>Warren J. Paul, P.E.
>Dam Engineer and Proud of it!

It's called "corporate welfare" and it's going the same way as the
rest of the welfare system. Haven't you heard the era of big dams is
over...?

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From: schelp@erols.com (Paul Schelp)
Subject: Re: California's Opportunity to Achieve Improved Flood Control
Date: 1997/02/12
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