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dixiegrrrrl

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12. "BP is getting off the hook"

Reply to toddwv (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 10:22 AM

Jul 2012

Indeed.

"Although repeatedly trumpeting the $20 billion figure, BP has paid out only $8.1 billion from the trust administered by Kenneth Feinberg. "
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2012/03/06/will-bp-oil-spill-victims-pay-tax-on-7-8b-settlement/

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Congress: taxpayers to pay insurance companies' costs of BP disaster in Gulf [View all] dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 OP

And yet they don't want the government to kick in on health care... WCGreen Jul 2012 #1

Glad this was posted in GD, but it needs to be posted in the Alabama forum, too. snot Jul 2012 #2

thank you. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #3

unbelievable.... tomp Jul 2012 #4

Help me out. Maybe just missing it... Orrex Jul 2012 #5

This part, last paragraph AllyCat Jul 2012 #8

I read that as pipoman Jul 2012 #10

Thanks! I'm hoping that you've misread it though Orrex Jul 2012 #11

Now that I have re-read the article dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #13

It's all part of socializing the losses. AllyCat Jul 2012 #6

I think you are misinterpreting this. bluedigger Jul 2012 #7

I see your point. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #14

Yeah, well that's PEANUTS compared to Solyndra toddwv Jul 2012 #9

"BP is getting off the hook" dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #12

So what's the point of having insurance then? 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #15

Over the last 10 years, not much. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #16

Well they almost always turn a profit 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #17

Corporate socialism at work. nt valerief Jul 2012 #18

That's not ProSense Jul 2012 #19

Where are the asswipes whining about deficits now? nt valerief Jul 2012 #20

Another bailout. McCamy Taylor Jul 2012 #21

wtf? robinlynne Jul 2012 #22

Clearly ProSense Jul 2012 #23