Scenario

The Governor of each state is jogging with his dog along a trail. A coyote jumps out and starts to attack the dog.

How does the Governor of California Respond?

• Governor starts to intervene and then realizes he should stop; the coyote is doing what is natural.
• Call animal control. Animal control captures the coyote and spends $200 testing it for diseases and $500 relocating it.
• Call Veterinarian. The Veterinarian collects the dead dog and spends $200 testing it for diseases.
• Governor goes to hospital and spends $3500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and getting bite wound bandaged.
• Running trail gets shut down for 6 months while wildlife services conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is clear of dangerous animals.
• Governor spends $50,000 and starts a coyote awareness program for people who live in the area.
• State legislature spends $2 million investigating how to better handle rabies and how to possibly eradicate it.
• Governor’s security agent fired for not stopping the attack and for letting the Governor try to intervene.
• Cost $75,000 to train new security agent.
• PETA protests the relocation of the coyote.

How does the Governor of Texas Respond?

• Governor spends $1.23 on a .380 ACP Gold Dot Hollow Point bullet. He and the dog keep jogging.

And we wonder why California is broke?