On Mon, 25 May 2015 09:35:41 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:

>"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>> On 5/25/2015 8:37 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Wall Street has been buying up orchards and massively over planting new
>>> trees during a drought so as to satisfy Chinese demand and reap higher
>>> rewards for investors. That makes the problem much worse if you are on
>>> trhe
>>> side of we need to conserve water if we are going to get through this..
>>>
>>> So are we better off? Depends on who you are I suppose.
>>>
>>
>> At this stage, adding more planting would seem to be the wrong thing to
>> do. But cutting back production may be very costly in other areas.
>
>You have to understand the immense power these growers have in this state.
>It is as if Wall Street dictates to the government how we handle this and of
>course they get preferential treatment.

As if? Wall Street *is* your government.