California
* The Governor of California is jogging
with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor's
dog, then bites the Governor.
* The Governor starts to intervene, but
reflects upon the movie"Bambi" and then realizes he should stop because the
coyote is only doing what is natural.
* He calls animal control.
Animal Control captures the coyote and bills the state $200 testing it for
diseases and $500 for relocating it.
* He calls a veterinarian. The
vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases.
* The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for
diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged.
*
The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game conducts a
$100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of dangerous animals.
* The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote
awareness program" for residents of the area.
* The State Legislature
spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies and how to permanently
eradicate the disease throughout the world.
* The Governor's security
agent is fired for not stopping the attack. The state spends $150,000 to hire
and train a new agent with additional special training re the nature of coyotes.
* PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit
against the state.
TEXAS
* The Governor of Texas is
jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks his
dog.
* The Governor shoots the coyote with his state-issued pistol
and keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point
cartridge.
* The buzzards eat the dead coyote.
And that, my
friends, is why California is broke and Texas is not.
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