My suspicion is that the dyed in the wool Capitalist Captains of Industry who want the "next generation" dam will not only gladly accept the Socialized Payment Plan, i.e., they don't pay schit for it even though it's for them, and we will all pay for it, especially those of us who almost never even go down there, but I'm sure they will lobby hard for it just like that.

Funny how those Capitalists turn into Socialists pretty quick when they can take everyone's money to build their pet projects. They'll probably want a tax break for all the money they'll spend with PR firms telling us how awesome it is that we get to pay for their dam, too.

Preach "personal responsibility"? Then you pay for your own dam, or pay for your own house to be rebuilt when the 100 year floods come every six years because you were too stupid to not build on a flood plain.

Show me a consulting firm that says we can have a new dam and better fish habitat and I'll show you a consulting firm that has strong ties to the dam building and operating industry, one that has never...ever...said anything other than "we can have both".

Fish on...

Todd