Posted on 06/23/2010 5:37:45 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon has asked the chairman of BP to suspend performance bonuses indefinitely for the company's top executives and use those funds to assist Louisianians affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Muh law saw
So its AIG all over again.
Buy they sure call that stop the bonus play a lot.
Another shakedown of money slush fund style. Just put the money here boys.
It’s like the money Mary L got from this deal you see. All kinds of confetti parades from Mary on that one. Only problem is the money is in a slush fund. Let’s see, we have Acorn, Hillary’s illegal campaign fund other people go to jail for; Barney Frank and Chris Dodd’s Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac both turning out to be a little more than lending institutions and those are just a few of the ones we know about. Add interstate and Dept of Commerce; the Senates dirty little tool for years you have a pretty good gig going for crooks and thugs.
Fancy and easy way to rob the taxpayer and break America.
Why these cons aren’t in jail is beyond me?
I am hoping LA will reject Melancon in 2010, but you can’t be sure. The desire for “federal support” is so strong in the wake of a poor economy ruined by “federal support.”
And this is from a member of a group that can’t even pass a budget? How about suspending payment to congress until they perform their job?
will the federal agency MMS suspend bonuses to its employees? Since they dropped the ball on licensing and inspecting
Will obama and every other policitician (Steven Chu) who rceived BP money - give it back???
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