Posted on 06/10/2010 1:19:51 PM PDT by blam
GOP Leader Boehner: Taxpayers Should Pay For This BP Oil Mess
Talking Points Memo
Jun. 10, 2010, 3:26 PM
Image: AP
By Brian Beutler:
Congressional Democrats and the White House are toying with different ways to force BP to cover the costs of damages from the Gulf oil spill. But they face stiff opposition from industry...and it seems leading Republicans. In response to a question from TPMDC, House Minority Leader John Boehner said he believes taxpayers should help pick up the tab for the clean up.
"I think the people responsible in the oil spill--BP and the federal government--should take full responsibility for what's happening there," Boehner said at his weekly press conference this morning.
Boehner's statement followed comments last Friday by US Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue who said he opposes efforts to stick BP, a member of the Chamber, with the bill. "It is generally not the practice of this country to change the laws after the game," he said. "Everybody is going to contribute to this clean up. We are all going to have to do it. We are going to have to get the money from the government and from the companies and we will figure out a way to do that."
So today I asked Boehner, "Do you agree with Tom Donohue of the Chamber that the government and taxpayers should pitch in to clean up the oil spill?" The shorter answer is yes.
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(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
The GOP will always find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!
Nice going Boner.
He is talking about Obama saying that BP should pay for the Moratorium on Drilling in the Gulf.
Obama wants BP to pay everyone for not being able to work because of his dictates.
This article is a hack job.
The gov’t will have to reach a compromise with BP to cover the costs that exceed the $75MM liability cap. That’s just how it is. Any change in the law, if applied retroactively, would be ex post facto.
The taxpayer is already commited to bailing out the teachers retirement, Calpers, various state systems, military retirements,,,,,guess what,,,,,,,the goose is plucked!!!!!
When did Zero have time to say that, what with overseeing Major League Baseball and all?
It went where SS went and all good socks go....
Who always pays? The U. S. taxpayer. This is not anything new. If BP pays, or if it goes broke, or if drilling is restricted what will happen to gasoline prices? Four, five, six or seven dollars/gallon? Who pays? Guess who? You and me.
Having supposed conservatives calling for the seizure of BP and the confiscation of all it's assets likely foretells our Marxist future.
Reminds me of Mondale’s pledge to raise taxes during his 1984 presidential campaign.
at the bottom of the article:
“Boehner spokesman Michael Steel emails to say Boehner made a general statement about who
is responsible for the spill, and the federal government oversight was clearly lacking,
but he has said repeatedly that BP is responsible for the cost of the cleanup.”
I don't want a freaking "shorter answer is yes" I want a quote. If you are going to write a comment like this you need a quote.
This Business Insider publishes some real BS.
I’m reluctant to defend Boehner, but that headline is about as deceptive as it gets. The author, Brian Beutler, is a punk liar.
Current law gives oil companies a exceedingly low cap on the cost they must pay for a disaster. Dems are trying to change the law after the fact to for BP to pay for all the damages. I think that is unconstitutional.
Why was there a cap put on the oil company damages in the first place? Probably because they would not do business on US soil w/o that protection from shake downs.
The damages will not be paid by BP even if the dems pass an unconstitutional law to try to force them to pay. BP will win in court. So the Rino is right. The US government is not off the hook if clean up is to happen and damages paid.
I rather think environmentalists should pay for it. It was their idea to drill under a mile of water instead of the easier way in shallow water.
I would rather see the stimulus money spent on cleanup than voter fraud in November.
UPDATED
Late update: Boehner spokesman Michael Steel emails to say “Boehner made a general statement about who is responsible for the spill, and the federal government oversight was clearly lacking, but he has said repeatedly that BP is responsible for the cost of the cleanup.”
I think that the money for “paying” for cleanup must come from the tarp/stimulus money that is still unspent. Otherwise, No, No, A Thousand Times No!
If BP goes broke their assets will simply be sold off to whoever purchases them from the sale and nothing will happen to the price of gas, just like other liquidations, assets are sold to pay liabilities.
My preference is for this to happen. I just wait for the day that oil begins to seep in my yard. If we could get a hold of British flags easily I’d probably have a bonfire where we burned the Union Jack and a poster with the BP logo. It wouldn’t accomplish anything but would probably make a lot of people feel better.
He is probably right, but should really STFU. After all, Obama is in charge (remember)?
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