He Was Supposed to Be Competent

Quote from Mercor:

Yes and approved by Congress. I don't like it.

There is another point of view.
Some feel that the public should have stake in the risk of production. Government tax breaks for employee health care is a good example. We all sacrifice tax receipts so that corporations can afford and offer healthcare for its workers.

Because oil is important to the public should the public also share the risk of drilling. Capping liability is one way to shift risk to the general public.

I disagree.The public should never assume the risk or liability for a for-profit company imo
 
Quote from bigarrow:

The ONLY thing protecting the individual is government regulation.

It failed this time, right?

So you propose to enlarge their budget/effort/law enforcement?

Sounds like the "war on drugs" scheme to me.

How's that working again?
 
Quote from Haroki:

It failed this time, right?

So you propose to enlarge their budget/effort/law enforcement?

Sounds like the "war on drugs" scheme to me.

How's that working again?



Child labor, 80 hour work weeks, unsafe working conditions, company stores, consumer safety, industrial plants dumping waste into rivers, unsafe and untested drugs, predatory marketing, price fixing, union busting... all this and much more are controlled through government regulations.
Big companies did not stop these practices on their own, only through government regulations did they change their business practices. And even with these rules it is still a constant effort to catch business trying to get away with breaking the rules, just think what would happen if there were no rules.
 
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Amazing Republicans are criticizing and blaming Obama for this

If you didn't know... the Republicans are the party of drill baby drill

...........and NOW obama can be the ONE MAN PARTY of "SPILL BABY SPILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :eek:

:D :D :D :D :D
 
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Dick Morris pays for prostitutes and sucks their toes.

When you owe back taxes just join the fox news crowd and bash the president

No, even better...........come on in as the Treasury Secretary! :eek:

obama and his entire administration is EXACTLY like bush, clinton, clinton, bush, etc, etc, etc! If for one second you think obama is in any way, shape, or form, better than bush you have been CONNED again!!! THEY are ALL just continuing "Continuity of Administrations" selected (you call it elected) MINIONS of Globalist Wealth Entities.

Your wondrous new minion con job can't even use the POWER of the United States of America to plug a damn oil well! So all you are LEFT with is more and more, day after day....................


SPILL BABY SPILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:
 
I think the only thing we may ever agree on is that billions of oil profits should have been spent on planning contingencies for such an event. Most probably thought measures were already in place.

The remarkable thing is that Obama is taking most of the heat for this, largely from the left. (Visit the washington post, ny times, huffpost, etc...)

If that isn't an argument enough against his competence... nothing short of accidentally nuking Canada, would convince them.
 
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Amazing Republicans are criticizing and blaming Obama for this

If you didn't know... the Republicans are the party of drill baby drill

You are focused on the wrong issue. Its the inactivity that seems so dreadful.

The country is concerned about the lack of effective response.

Obama stepped aside during the banking crises and it got him the job. This time stepping aside may have cost him the job.
 
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