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Bill would stop private investors, including hedge funds, farmers and municipalities, from profiting off water scarcity

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Q0DhB

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Water should never be for sale and should be provided at cost.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Excuse me. I’d like to live in a sci-fi universe one day and they all universally mention an old earth era known as “the water wars”.

Your basically trying to stop the prophecy from happening.

[–] FinalRemix 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

We're already due for the Bell Riots this year. Don't add on to things, man.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

A lot of American farms get water at a huge discount. Literally pennies on the dollar.