Why California is Broke & Texas is Not
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 strolling 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, America, is why California is broke and Texas is not.
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By award-winning Texas author Cynthia Leal Massey.
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For accuracy, the story starring our very own Gov Abbott would need a few different words substituted (as opposed to strolling and jogging), but the lesson itself is otherwise precise! 🎯
As we also say around these parts:
Don’t mess with Texas!
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Yes, I used the word strolling just because of that. Thank you.
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I knew this was gonna be good when I read the title. Beautiful.
Along with Texas, most of New Hampshire would react the same way, although we have some Lefties to shovel out of government.
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Superb comparison. Ohio doesn’t have that problem. Our rednecks just eat the coyotes. 🙂
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Same here in West Virginia but they would also either sell or use the hide for a part of a coat or blanket.
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coyotes make a nice jacket
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Perfect! And you could also add mass protests from Coyote Lives Matter and endless rallies wherein the “scientific facts” “prove” that the coyote’s behavior was due to climate change and uncontrolled encroachment on its “territory” and too many humans.
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Endless opportunities for that Salinsky rules to never waste a crisis. We can learn from that! “Coyote Lives Matter,” Oh my gosh, perfect.
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You are definitely on to something. Minnesota should go first.
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funny, so true. question for you, why do i have to scroll all the way down to reply, have it right after the write
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I believe it is the WordPress format.
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I think because the one at the bottom is for CJ’s in general, while the ones after each comment are specific to that particular comment above it. Like you just did answering me!
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