Open e-mail to Rep. Neugebauer:
Dear Rep.
Neugebauer,
Thanks for your Roundup
newsletter, in which you covered two points.
You discussed the drought,
farm bill, renewable energy, all of which are related to agriculture. These are
details which can occupy all of us, but which have only a Band-Aid effect on our
basic problem, which is susceptibility to weather and particularly to rainfall
limitations.
As you well know, irrigated cotton does well here in West
Texas, but only through use of the Ogallala, which has its limitations. We need
a massive irrigation project of either carrying fresh water from the Great Lakes
to the Southwest or desalination of seawater from the Pacific or the Gulf of
Mexico. Such irrigation would be a tremendous job but also of tremendous
benefit. It is also within the realm of practicality, since of the technology
for use of desalination where necessary, is available along with massive earth
moving equipment for pipe laying and re-contouring the land. Sooner or later,
such a project will be necessary, starting now. Let's get on the ball and stop
fiddling around with crop insurance, government guarantees and such items that
contribute no benefit to the overall problem.
Secondly, you talk about
the economy and particularly the national debt and overspending by the federal
government. My question is simple: What are you actually doing to correct it,
other than acquiescence talk?
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