Word: drain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cohen said he is often faced with "the classic dilemma for any representative" over his feelings about the drain of economic resources from the frost-belt to the sun-belt, and his national versus his regional interests...
When Congress formed Amtrak in 1971, the idea was that a national passenger rail service would make money. But the federally supported rail system has been a steady loser and a growing drain on the public purse. The Government subsidy in 1978 reached $578 million, or about $2 in taxpayers' funds for every $1 taken in fares. Last week the Senate Commerce Committee began hearings to decide just what to do about...
...been in effect in the Commonwealth for 16 years. The old law, however, was breached far more often than enforced. As Harshbarger notes, "We have once again created a law and an enforcement arm. Like so many that went before it the question is--Will it go down the drain, or will it become merely an appendage or a bureaucracy? The public is happy so far and the thing has begun to function, but will that feeling be around in the future...
According to a new 140-page federal-state study, the only real solution is better drainage. An 82-mile-long system known as the San Luis Drain already exists in the valley. The study suggests using it as the basis of an even larger network. Underground drain pipes would carry salty water from individual farms to larger collection drains, which in turn would link up to a main 10-ft.-deep concrete viaduct. From its starting point, near Bakersfield, the viaduct would convey the salty water 290 miles away to Suisun...
...massive project: $750 million, to be shared almost equally by the state and federal governments. But California would buck its bill back to the farmers by charging them $15 per acre-foot of drainage water and $1.30 per acre-foot for incoming irrigation water. That, they fear, would drain them of cash. Says Cerutti: "It would ruin me." Adds Tulare County Farmer Stan Barnes: "It's the unknown, hidden costs that worry...