If 40,000 barrels of oil weighs thousands of TONS, why are they using flimsy devices weighing less than 1 ton to plug the leak? Simple physics states that it will not work. But, BP is cheap and stingy. They are pinching pennies on the repair job to save pennies. They really need to employ a plug or solution that weighs thousands of TONS in order for it to work. But, they don't because anything weighing thousands of tons will be expensive. Now, they're asking for federal aid. So, BP messed up but we the taxpayer are going to pay for it and "bail out" BP.
Folks, who "bails out" us when we mess up? Nobody. Why should corporations get special treatment?
I think Big O should freeze BP's assets and use it to pay off the damages using eminent domain or some other legal clause. A solution that weighs thousands of tons should be implemented ASAP and this should be paid by BP.
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