“Poor, poor, BP. I really feel for them. sarc/”
In a way, ironically, you should.
If they are driven to support unlimited liability on this spill, it will kill drilling in the gulf.
If you want to eliminate all risk, there is a price to be paid.
I’d wager that Louisiana benefits much more in taxes every year from the economic activity than the money they’d get from a liquidation of BP.
Louisiana should make it clear they want BP and every other oil driller off of their coast, and that they are willing to accept the risk of another spill, even one of greater magnitude than this - to not do so is to destroy their tax base.
All these people that “don’t trust” BP were happy to accept the taxes that were derived from their activity.
Set a figure that BP can pay and move on. Otherwise, for the next 10 years, everytime someone goes into the gulf and DOESN’T catch a fish, BP will have to pay again.
No driller will put up with unlimited liability set by the government - and the net result will be worse than 10 oil spills.
Investigate, prosecute if there was criminal wrongdoing (like bribing MMS officials, or MMS officials accepting bribes) and move on with the drilling.
In my mind, the demand that risk be eliminated is a key liberal tenant.
It's not possible in the real world, yet too many people, even many Freepers, pretend that is possible, especially as long as other people are made to pay for their risk-free world. It's childish, and it will lead directly to totalitarianism.