[Gramma sent me this common-sense look at state budget problems]
THE Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A
coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor’s dog and, since nothing was done,
bites the Governor as well.
**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 on the nature of coyotes.
**PETA protests the coyote’s relocation and files a $5 million suit against
the State.
THE Governor of Wyoming 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 $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow-point cartridge.
**The buzzards eat the dead coyote.
And that, my friends, is why California is broke and Wyoming is not.
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Dr Bob Griffin
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“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”