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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls
Well answer me this, where does Obama get the power to demand unlimited funds from BP? Where does Obama get the power to then take money from BP and redistribute it as his appointed puppet sees fit? That is a dictator not a president.
I have NO problem with BP paying every cent they owe to the people they have harmed, but the way Obama is doing its close to extortion.
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It's called the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. As long as the US government can prove in court that negligence by BP (or any of the contractors) helped cause the oil spill (which I doubt will be hard to do), then BP is legally liable for every penny. There is no cap.
Besides, it's BPs fault Obama demanded the escrow. If BP had their shit together, and was efficiently processing claims, this wouldn't have been required of them. Instead, the screwed around, and there were tons of complaints and frustration over claims. So Obama had to do something.
If Obama didn't do anything, you'd be complaining he's not assertive enough. He demanded the escrow account though, so now you're complaining about that. There's just no winning with some people. :-)
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