JimBowie1958
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- Sep 25, 2011
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A whole bunch of people. But had the Federal Government stepped and demanded done what should have been done to prevent this, there would have been instant crying and whining about the government overstepping the bounds.
When the feds over step their bounds it is not whining to point that out. When anyone else 'oversteps their bounds' it is usually a crime, but that's the perk of being the top dog, I guess. Still shouldn't happen.
There should be people held accountable for this. Not just fines for the companies, but managers and CEO's serving prison terms, as well as the people in the government taking money from these people.
Yeah, I get a feeling this has some cronyism behind it; that is becoming an epidemic IMO.
But who can put the genie back in the bottle when everyone wants those corporate political donations?
Well, for those that continue to whine about "government intervention" - let this be a lesson....without someone making sure that corporations are doing what they need to do to keep from endangering people, corporations will continue to cut corners and do whatever they have to save money, and then we are faced with such incidents as the BP spill, this one and others.
Well, while government regulation is needed, there is a Goldilocks zone of not too much and not too little.
With the crony capitalism going on today we have the people getting too much regulation and the connected businessmen getting little to none at all.
While we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater, a government that can do anything it damned well wants to anyone if they designate them terrorists is tyrannical no matter how many people they 'help'.