California vs. Texas

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.

1. 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.

2. He calls animal control. Animal Control captures the coyote

and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it.

3. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and

bills the state $200 testing it for diseases.

4. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked

for diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged.

5. 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.

6. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a

"coyote awareness program" for residents of the area.

7. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better

treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the

world.

8. 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.

9. 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.

1. The Governor shoots the coyote with his State-issued pistol and

keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point

cartridge.

2. The Buzzards eat the dead coyote.

And that, my friends, is why California is broke and Texas is not.