so you think its OK for some guy who made his life fishing get completely ruined by BP's negligence. At least the escrow fund will ensure some reasonable amount of compensation that does not take 20 years to receive, like the Exxon Valdez claims for example.
I guess you think its OK for a large corporation to destroy livelihoods and important ecosystems simply be cause they're large multi-national companies. Glad to see where your heart is Sam. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think the laws caps out at $75 million > > I'm sure that BP would pay out $20b+ to cover what's needed due to > public pressure. I just don't know why Obama wants his hands on that > money too. > > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Eric Roberts > <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >> Actually, I forget the name of the law, but Obama would be within his rights >> and powers to seize BP's American assets and take over the entire operation >> and use those assets to pay for the cleanup as well as pay claims. That >> would include selling off assets that they own to generate funds. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321427 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm