Another tale of government intervention gone awry

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September 21, 2010

Almost missed this story of the latest government attempt to "help" the people. Follow along with this fun, real-life scenario of government intervention gone awry in Brooklyn, N.Y.:

Brooklyn has a rat problem.

Opossums eat rats.

City brings in opossums to eat rats.

Opossums find human trash more tasty than rats.

Opossums multiply. Quickly.

Brooklyn now has a rat and opossum problem.

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