Water Subsidies and Shortages in the American West (2013) \ stacker news ~econ

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By Ryan McMaken

Water is distributed in the West not by markets and market prices, but by the political process.

I wonder if the agricultural producers always lobbying for water rights in California tend to vote Republican otherwise.

Probably, but that doesn't mean they want to have to outbid all you city-slickin' sons of bitches for water.