tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23319559.post999525821287372660..comments2023-08-03T01:37:48.146-06:00Comments on Idaho from a Blue perspective: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23319559.post-45378150389566714172011-03-20T11:07:07.991-06:002011-03-20T11:07:07.991-06:00Wait. What? The concept of "I've got mi...Wait. What? The concept of "I've got mine, you can suffer" is a Republican concept. Not necessarily 1st in time =1st in right.<br /><br />Many states prefer "beneficial use" as the way to establish water priority. It makes sense, economically. Your example of a homeowner isn't the way it works, and doesn't really make sense. A wealthy homeowner with a deeper well isn't a more beneficial use. Perhaps a business employing several people might be, but then they'd pay for the rights.alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23319559.post-30516693005840776682011-03-19T17:33:42.177-06:002011-03-19T17:33:42.177-06:00Not sure how this is "Republican," reall...Not sure how this is "Republican," really. The idea of staking claims is as old as the hills (since the last invasion, anyway). The idea of taxing the extraction is to squeeze out less economically beneficial uses? Sounds kind of nasty.<br /><br />If you live out in the country, have a nice well, somebody moves in, drills a deeper well and sucks yours dry, all you care about is whether they're making more money than you are?<br /><br />No, that doesn't sound like the way I'd want it to be.fortboisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649653378335827071noreply@blogger.com