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thebestsas Donating Member (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-10 11:55 PM
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12. Dude go to ufo page
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  -If BP qualifies for $10 billion cleanup tax break, should it get one? babsbunny  Aug-06-10 08:47 PM   #0 
  - If they can legally be kept from getting that tax break, it should be withheld. n/t  Ozymanithrax   Aug-06-10 08:52 PM   #1 
  - Let's see that $20 billion first, then we'll talk tax breaks. Sheesh. nt  gateley   Aug-06-10 08:52 PM   #2 
  - No. They are entitled to nothing but spit in the eye.  aquart   Aug-06-10 09:12 PM   #3 
  - They will get the tax break if it meets the requirements of our tax laws.  theoldman   Aug-06-10 09:40 PM   #4 
  - No. That is a ridiculous law.  JDPriestly   Aug-06-10 10:44 PM   #5 
  - Why? Cleanup is a business expense.  MercutioATC   Aug-06-10 11:34 PM   #8 
     - I do not think that cleaning up a mess you made for whatever reason  JDPriestly   Aug-07-10 03:00 AM   #14 
     - I agree  Ricochet21   Aug-07-10 02:41 PM   #15 
     - And IANAL, but would you seriously suggest turning off alarms isn't negligent? n/t  AlabamaLibrul   Aug-07-10 06:04 PM   #20 
  - I thought the oil all evaporated  ibegurpard   Aug-06-10 10:45 PM   #6 
  - bp  thebestsas   Aug-06-10 10:49 PM   #7 
  - What??  MercutioATC   Aug-06-10 11:38 PM   #9 
     - bail out  thebestsas   Aug-06-10 11:54 PM   #11 
        - It's not bailout money, it's a normal IRS tax deduction.  MercutioATC   Aug-07-10 12:26 AM   #13 
           - oh  thebestsas   Aug-07-10 06:03 PM   #18 
  - well, isn't all that lost revenue a tax write-off?  anarch   Aug-06-10 11:41 PM   #10 
  - Dude go to ufo page  thebestsas   Aug-06-10 11:55 PM   #12 
  - They should not get jack shit!!  and-justice-for-all   Aug-07-10 02:44 PM   #16 
  - yes  thebestsas   Aug-07-10 06:04 PM   #19 
  - I took out the garbage yesterday. Does that count?  Buns_of_Fire   Aug-07-10 03:00 PM   #17 
  - no  spanone   Aug-07-10 06:06 PM   #21 
  - Okay so a Dem Senator (Nelson-FL) catches this and now it is a PROBLEM for Obama?  underpants   Aug-07-10 06:07 PM   #22 
  - "They want to give BP a tax break, I say no, no, no, no" (apologies to Amy Winehouse) nt  kittykitty   Aug-07-10 07:22 PM   #23 
  - Escrowed, until the spill is actualy cleaned up. n/t  Orsino   Aug-07-10 08:42 PM   #24 
  - BP will get whatever it wants. Haven't you heard? the Spill is all  deaniac21   Aug-07-10 08:48 PM   #25 
  - BP needs to follow their own advice-  jmm   Aug-07-10 08:51 PM   #26 
  - Yes  thebestsas   Aug-07-10 11:43 PM   #28 
  - Don't you have to pay taxes to get a tax break?  ThomThom   Aug-07-10 10:43 PM   #27 
 

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