[QAPereo]

Salaries make for a great distraction though, like hosepipe bans in California when 80% of the water use is agricultural.

[_x6vl]

$500 Tylenol anecdotes make for an even better distraction. The likely problem is a little of both.

[jessaustin]

Do you mean to suggest that physicians' incomes should be several orders of magnitude less than what they are currently? If not, I'll continue to be "distracted" by the Tylenol.

[vonmoltke]

No, it means to suggest that the number of people who have actually paid anywhere near $500 for a couple Tylenol pills is so small as to be an irrelevant rounding error in the grand scheme of things.

Note I said paid, not billed.

[crimsonalucard]

20% is still a problem. Putting a cap on the the 20% contributes to the solution. If it was 1% of the problem then hosepipe bans would be inn-effective.

[QAPereo]

...While refusing to even entertain regulations on or reduction in the 80%? When the problem is truly massive, far exceeding what home use can hope to change?

[crimsonalucard]

I never said that. If political walls make it impossible to reduce the 80% then do what is possible. All I'm saying is that 20% contributes to the solution.

I would imagine that farmers will start revolutions if you cut off their water supplies, while city folks won't care too much if the lawn isn't watered. 20% is an easy target... hit it first and slowly work on the other problem.