[hunter75]

I confess to being confused by the drift of this and other Barton threads. Are we saying that the taxpayers — I.E., ME, should pay for the damages? If not BP, then who? Not arguing here — just trying to get clear on what people are saying.

[af_vet_rr]

I confess to being confused by the drift of this and other Barton threads. Are we saying that the taxpayers — I.E., ME, should pay for the damages? If not BP, then who? Not arguing here — just trying to get clear on what people are saying.

That's what people here and in the other threads seem to be saying, because if BP doesn't pick up the tab, then that means the taxpayers pick up the tab.

I'd rather have a "shakedown" of BP than of the taxpayers, but unfortunately the oil industry has bought off quite a few politicians on both sides of the aisle and I have no doubt that the taxpayers will be paying for some of BP's actions.