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To: tejek who wrote (572130)	6/17/2010 12:47:23 PM
From: Elmer Phud	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577995

Why don't Rs want BP to pay? Your conclusion is unwarranted. I believe everyone wants BP to pay.

To: tejek who wrote (572130)	6/17/2010 1:00:41 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1577995

I think they want to see BP pay. Some states don't want to see them put out of business and all those jobs lost. BP has pretty willing to try to make this as right as they can from the get go. OK, should they be allowed to handle all the clean up? NO WAY IMHO. Now contrast this with Wall Street that admits no guilt for ruining the world economy, continues with business as usual, got a bailout and didn't agree to a $20 billion dollar recovery fund (a trillion would be better) for people lives THEY RUINED. Can't even get glas stegal re-instated. Where is the Obama smackdown of wall street?

To: tejek who wrote (572130)	6/17/2010 1:09:24 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1577995

Why don't Rs want BP to pay? "The Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative members of the House, released a statement today calling the $20 billion BP escrow account a "Chicago-style political shakedown." What has happened here is radically different from what the news media and Obama would have you believe. BP hasn't given up SHIT. They did NOT escrow any money. Not one nickel. They did NOTHING to insure the money would be available at a future date. In fact, what they did was give Obama political cover. They are going to put up $5B, which obviously will be needed anyway. Then they're going to put up $5B a year for three years running, as I understand it. It WAS a shakedown, but it was for political cover more than it was for dollars.