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The State of California took an unprecedented move today [June 14] by uniformly restricting water supplies across the entire state. Farms will be most affected, although food prices aren't anticipated to rise in any hurry: imports from out of state continue apace. It's notable that this is a problem Silicon Valley hasn't been helping to solve.
Will this move force some much-needed modernization upon the infrastructure supporting the state's 38 million residents? Or will things continue to be corn, corn, corn for the time being?
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California Orders its Largest Water Cuts in History
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by bziman on Monday June 15 2015, @12:57PM
If you read the American constitution closely, you'll find that any powers not specifically delegated to the federal government are reserved for the states or the people. That is why some of the founders were opposed to enumerating a bill of rights.... they were afraid of the confusion that might arise, and with you they were right.
The government does not have the power to bar you from work, without due process of law. That is, if you're under sixteen, or if you are a foreigner without appropriate immigration paperwork, or if you are actively incarcerated. Otherwise you have a right to work.
Just because you have a right to free speech, doesn't mean when you stand on a street corner shouting, that people are required to stop and listen.
Similarly your right to work doesn't mean someone is forced to hire you. Just that the government can't stop you from getting a job.
Either way, here in Colorado, it seems like every business is desperate for help. The primary cause of unemployment around here is an unwillingness to do actual work. There are open office positions, but they are much harder to get. But carpenters, mechanics, drywallers, landscapers, plumbers, and electricians are all in huge demand. To the point where I have to wait weeks to get a contractor to show up at my house. And those jobs all pay pretty well, too.
We also have a pretty large homeless population... mostly people who don't want to play within the system. Many actually do have jobs. And the ones who are involuntarily unemployed and homeless seem to struggle with mental illness. Those are the people that we as a society should find better ways to help.
Everyone else... well, there is always work to do.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday June 16 2015, @10:13AM
the guy suggested that the homeless be required to pick up trash in return for food and shelter.
While I haven't actually done so yet I plan to write a Letter to the Editor in response, in which I suggest that homelessness not be regarded as a reason for disqualifying someone from employment.
It is quite common for homeless people to have University degrees as well as lots of salable job skills, as well as eagerness to work.
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