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Old 06-14-2010, 08:36 AM  
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head View Post
Nah, to Hell with that. I say the US Gov should forcibly take them over, now, seize their assets, and use every dime of it for cleaning that shit up. Don't see why they couldn't use the Patriot Act to do it.

bad idea.

how would they seize a foreign business? also, there's much more at stake than the coastline. bp employs thousands of americans, 10s of thousands of people worldwide and many many people have retirement money invested in them. to seize their assets to pay for a clean up is shortsighted and would result in even more problems, including an international backlash.
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