The Coyote Principle
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 for 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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