{"id":9099,"date":"2015-06-10T17:31:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T21:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=9099"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:15:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:15:45","slug":"duh-jerry-brown-wonders-how-many-more-people-california-can-accommodate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/06\/10\/duh-jerry-brown-wonders-how-many-more-people-california-can-accommodate\/","title":{"rendered":"Duh! Jerry Brown Wonders How Many More People California can Accommodate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jerry_Brown_5\"<\/a>Everyone knows that California<\/a> is in the midst of a historic and catastrophic drought. This has got Gov. Jerry Brown wondering out loud<\/a>, \u201cAt some point, how many people can we accommodate?\u201d<\/p>\n

Good question. At 38 million people<\/a>, California may soon be unable to meet this most basic resource need<\/a>. And yet, even as California\u2019s population growth is being fueled by immigration, the state government over which he presides continues to provide new incentives for illegal aliens to take up residence. On top of the many other benefits<\/a> California has lavished on illegal aliens in recent years, a bill to fund health insurance for illegal aliens<\/a> may soon be hitting his desk.<\/p>\n

To be fair, agriculture accounts for about 80 percent of California\u2019s water consumption<\/a> and there are many wasteful practices in that industry which desperately need to be addressed. But an ever-growing population sure doesn\u2019t help matters.<\/p>\n

So perhaps it might be useful for Gov. Brown and the California Legislature<\/a> to work through a simple Socratic multiple choice exercise. If California can\u2019t meet the water needs of its current population, and immigration is driving population growth, state officials should:<\/p>\n

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  1. Stop incentivizing illegal immigration.<\/li>\n
  2. Just keep doing what it\u2019s doing.<\/li>\n
  3. Pray for rain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n