California vs Texas

The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail.
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A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor's dog, then bites the Governor.
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1.The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon

the movie "Bambi"
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2. He calls animal control . Animal Control captures the coyote and bills the State $200

testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it.
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3. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills theState $200 testing it for diseases.
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4. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged.
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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.
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6. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote awareness program" for residents of the area.
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7. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world.
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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.
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9.PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit against the State.
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Texas :


The Governor of Texas is jogging with her dog along a nature trail. A Coyote jumps out and attacks her dog.
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1. The Governor shoots the coyote with her State-issued pistol and keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point cartridge.
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2. The Buzzards eat the dead coyote.
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And that, my friends, is why California is broke and Texas is not .

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