Originally posted by boriscleto He might send a nasty letter next. There really isn't anything he can do. None of the companies involved is incorporated in the US, and none of them pay US taxes.
But they want things that are in US territory.
*Our* territory. Time we started acting like it.
And, yeah, those reducing corporate liabilities to less than a sneeze, even for major disasters like this, just *begged* for abuse (Like we keep saying,) ...why follow the rules when the fine's so small? These are corporations, remember... Another thing to thank the erstwhile 'small government conservatives' for, eh?
The US government still hands these companies a *lot* of money. I heard that the cost of this cleanup at one point is only four days' profits for BP. I say, they *better* pay.