GOP Wants America To Pay For Oil Clean Up!

The tigers' stripes are plain for all to see and we all know that a cat cannot change its stripes. The gop "leadership" is not an organization of men and women who care a single atom's worth for the welfare of the nation they live in nor its citizens. They are minions and members of the corporate wealthy elite whose SOLE purpose is to ensure the collection of wealth and power for their exclusive use and benefit.

No amount of apology, spin, deflection, excuses or political horse@!$%# can disguise or deny the blatant betrayals that the republican party and the gop "leadership" have foisted on this nation. Mr. Inhofe's traitorous blockading of corporate responsibility and justice for American citizens places him squarely in the camp of "domestic terrorist" and he should be brought up on charges of collusion and conspiracy to incite and enhance the downfall of the United States of America. He and his cronies are TRAITORS, plain and simple.

I DEMAND, as a citizen of the United States that this TRAITOR and criminal be investigated, indicted, tried and convicted of criminal conspiracy for TREASON!

Incompetence, corner cutting and lax management on the part of an oil company results in the explosion and sinking of its oil rig, which in turn results in an oil leak that they cannot shut off, with a price tag that is unknown but growing fast, and republicans want to limit that oil company's liability for the biggest environmental disaster in history and have the taxpayers pay for it.

This is a bailout that only a republican could love.

The GOP is pro-tax just like the dems. They just lie about it, like they do with abortion. Everything they say they are against, they are actually for...so now the taxpayers will be taxed even more so that BP doesn't have to pay and take responsibility. Great.

It's a matter of history and record that the Republicans spend more than the Democrats. Worse, after that spending, Republicans decline to pay their bills. The point is that all this talk about fiscal responsibility is nonsense; their goal is to subvert progress and make themselves look better by promoting national failure. If they return to power it will be pigs-at-the-trough all over again.

It's a personal matter, this protection of corporate profits. Some of those profits find their way back to the pockets of Republican politicians. It's in their personal interest to have Americans pay for this private sector disaster, for it spreads around the pain, taking it from those who benefit from corporate profits, and putting in on those who don't.

"Privatize the gain; socialize the loss."

Funny but I'm reading in that article that Inhofe doesn't want to let BP off the hook by giving them a dollar amount to reach and then claim they fulfilled all their responsibilities. BP should be financially responsible for any and all costs for the cleanup of this oil spill no matter what that cost is. I'm hoping that is what Inhofe is getting at.

So far, BP is already paying for the clean up efforts. If what is being suggested by the GOP, any money paid back in form of higher gas prices by the people will mean they will end up making a profit over a period of time. Clearly that would be going against the President. Why should the people of this country pay for their mistake? Why should they end up making a profit from it?

Why should those who make mistakes be well paid for them, while the people get screwed in the process? Being greedy and selfish, let the people pay, while a select few make millions, if not billions in return.

I'm always entertained by calls for fiscal responsibility to either party.

What's the difference between a big government Republican and a big government Democrat? Certainly not principle... You know... what we should do is contact Somalian pirates and ask them to cut their spending so that they don't have to take so many ships.

The price of crude is at an all time low, the price of gas is at a high... Corporate profits are through the roof... but we're afraid they might raise prices some more unless we cap their liability....

Got it.... I'm outta here.

　

Sean-332093

Biggest error in your equation is putting Reagan into the group. Not so sure about Goldwater either but that is a moot question since he didn't actually put into practice any of his "ideas".

This mess began under Reagan's "leadership". Government is the problem was his BS philosophy. After 30 + years of deregulation and government bashing we are left w/ ineptitude and inefficiency.

We the taxpayers WILL end up paying for this mess. This is the REAL taxation without representation Tpers are always barking about. TPers (now the spokepersons for the Republican party) really don't understand what a corporation is or does. They are all for privatizing profits and socializing costs.

Until the right understands that simple fact they will continue to be lead astray by corporate fat cats and fed pabulum by their information agencies along with the brilliance of such far right luminaries as Palin, Joe the Plumber, Rand Paul and Fox snooze.

Apparently so does Bobby Jindal, govenor of LA. BP gave the state of Loisianna 40 million dollars for damages for oil spill cleanup and tourism previous to May 20th. While Jindal is pointing the finger at the Obama administration he is sitting on 35 million of BP's fund. He put 15 mil of it in tourism , spent 5 mill, but here is the kicker, he put 25 mill in the oil response fund which has a 30 mill cap.

Louisiana's constitution says the purpose of the oil spill response fund is "to immediately provide available funds for response to all threatened or actual unauthorized discharges of oil, for cleanup of pollution from unauthorized discharges of oil, natural resources damages, damages sustained by any state agency or political subdivision, and removal costs from threatened, unauthorized discharges of oil."

These are my questions:

Why is Jindal sitting on the money, when he could be doing 2 things at once here, that would both effect cleanup efforts and help with unemployment in his state?

If the oil response fund has a 30 mill cap, is he trying to meet that cap and in doing so,does that relieve BP of some amount of financial obligations?

If the oil response fund is for immediate use, why is he sitting on it and at the same time accusing the WH admin for taking too long to respond?

www.shreveporttimes.com/.../State-gets-40-million-in-funds-from-BP

http://www.politico.com/playbook/

By the time this bunch of buffoons we have in Washington get around to deciding anything we probably won't even need oil,

If the smaller drillers can't afford this kind of cleanup they shouldn't be drilling in our waters.- Don't forget Oklahoma is an oil and gas state just like Texas.

Ask the folks on the Gulf who they think should pay for this.......

hmmmm...........gotta wonder how much Inhofe got in campaign donations from BP to pull a bat-@!$%# crazy stunt like this.

The 75 million amount is 25 years old. Adjusting if for inflation would bring it to 150 million. Alternatively a 10 billion liability will make sure the big boys behave and don't cut corners.

As for his second argument, do you really want Mom and Pop oil companies with shallow pockets drilling in these areas. If companies know they can go bankrupt if they cut corners, so much the better.

75 mill is nothing for a spill that will be affecting us decades to come.

the Exxon Valdez is still affecting us ..but they are no longer paying.

Oil Remains: The Persistence, Toxicity, and Impact of Exxon Valdez Oil
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/recovery/lingeringoil.cfm