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Tom McClintock: When something is scarce, it becomes expensive. When it is plentiful, it is cheap.

On the recordJuly 20, 2009
When something is scarce, it becomes expensive. When it is plentiful, it is cheap.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock emphasizes the relationship between water scarcity and cost.

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