Reply #27: can't believe I am reading this

[William Z. Foster]

A corporation has all sorts of concerns that are at odds with public welfare, and that at the very least will be a mitigating factor in anything they do.

The idea that the federal government taking charge and representing the public interest will somehow deprive us of expertise or technology is absurd.

What is missing from BP's response has nothing to do with expertise, rather it is urgency and concern for the public are that are missing. Of course - it is a corporation and billions of $$$$ are at stake, and corporate culture is oppositional to pubic welfare.

This is what we have government for - to step in and take authority over emergencies and aggressively protect the public interest. This cannot be left to private interests - of course it cannot.

What is the matter with people here? How can ANY Democrat, liberal, or progressive advocate PRIVATIZING the management of an immense catastrophe such as this? It is unacceptable, indefensible.