Burros and Jackasses

Today, a friend emailed me some facts and figures on H.R. 1018, the "Restore our American Mustangs" Act. The link he sent along provided some hard-to-believe facts and figures on the bill that were so asinine I felt it had to be a hoax. So I did a quick search for H.R. 1018.

No, my friends, it is real. In fact, according to the text of the bill itself, it's purpose is:

"To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to improve the management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes."

Yes, you read that right. There exists today such a thing as the "Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act." And apparently, it needs to be amended. Because, hard as it might be to believe, it appears congress did not pass a very good "Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act" the first time around. Thus, it becomes imperative that our august congress establish a more perfect "Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act," lest countless wild free-roaming horses and burros suffer deprivation and engage in risky behavior. How, you may ask, will they improve the current, inadequate, some might say shameful "Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act"? With millions and millions and millions of dollars. Two-hundred million dollars, as a matter of fact, according to the Congressional Budget Office. For things like a biennial horse census, "enhanced contraception" (one can only assume to replace the Puritan, entry-level wild horse and burro contraception provided in the original act) and 19 million acres of land.

Two-hundred MILLION dollars that could have been spent by the people who earned it on things like cars, computers, private schools, anything they please is instead going to a land grab and equine anti-pregnancy program.

When it comes to horses and burros, the jackasses are taking care of their own.