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Golden Fleece: California High Taxes Offset By Designating A State Bat

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
December 15, 2023
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Submitted by Hank on Fri, 12/15/2023 - 18:27
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In arguably their most important 2023 legislative move, Democrats have given California a state...bat.

The rationale was that bats are 'as diverse as California' so why government immediately chose an official government winner, the pallid bat, is as mysterious as why we have a state goldfish, a state marine mammal, and a state butterfly.

There are overwhelmingly 4,000 species of mammals so California has a way to go before they pick an official member of each.

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