Immanuel
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- May 15, 2007
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No, not in the least.i can't help those people are wrong....those same people complaining get the first 20 grand they make, TAX FREE as well.... the poor couple making 20 grand is getting no special income tax break that you and i don't get as well....they still pay plenty of taxes.
yes, bp made $6 billion in 90 days in profit, yes bp is paying $6 million a day in clean up....it would take 3 years of $6 million a day to wipe out just one quarter's, one 90 day period, of their profits earned off of us.
So it's all about money to you? You're afraid BP isn't going to spend more than they made?
It is about personal responsibility. The people responsible for this catastrophe, are responsible for this disasters clean up and damages. This is how it should work.
This IS justice. This IS AN eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth... a life for a life. The people responsible are the people who should pay for the clean up, damages, and fair retribution.
This is NOT a natural disaster.
This is a MAN MADE disaster.
BEFORE it comes down to us tax payers, funding the clean up or paying retribution to the people that lost their livelyhood....all efforts, and I mean all efforts, SHOULD BE USED to retrieve these monies from the person or entity that is RESPONSIBLE....
This IS conservatism, and this gives all of us liberty...whereas us just paying for it with our taxes is strapping us citizens with an expense, that belongs to BP and their subcontracted parties.
But, that was not the question of the OP.
SMT simply said that IF BP reneged should the taxpayers foot the bill.
My belief is that if they do renege the taxpayers of this country are going to have to pay for it.
I buy from BP all the time. But, if they don't at least attempt to make good on this, I'll drive past BP stations and go to anything but Shell and I am not even a big fan of boycotts.
Immie