Which is best?

[IceWizard]

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 and 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 re 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 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 $.50 on a .45 ACP
hollow point cartridge.
The buzzards eat the dead coyote.

Which State is bankrupt?

[Charon]

what bastards they are to us.

i know the gvt pays diddly squat to the elderly and the disabled. but, man they spend a lot on their committees to decide how much more to spend.

interesting. i remember right after i came back from California for a six month visit, the Terminator sent out IOU's to the gvt employees.

yeah, that will help with ur landlord or the tax people.

we all know how to budget. most of us stick to it. its called survival.

but, what, no one in gvt ever took a budgeting course? aye carumba.

[Allegory]

Charon, the schools don't teach basic finance anymore.

The children are raised to be ignorant.

Please, whoever is reading this, don't take me to be more extreme than I am, but it is true that the 'system' is acting out of self-preservation.

Willful ignorance is easier to control a populace than raw oppression.