Taxpayers responsible for BP oil spill costs?

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  1. Dubstep

    Dubstep Well-Known Member

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    http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/06/17/37457.htm

    US District court has dismissed over 100,000 lawsuits brought against BP And Transocean to pay for oil spill clean up costs and environmental damages caused to the Gulf of Mexico from the BP Gulf Oil Spill. The court ruled that injury stopped the moment the well was sealed and the Federal Government, aka The US Taxpayer, is now liable for clean up costs along with any damages caused by deficiencies of the cleanup of the Gulf Of Mexico.

    The US District Courts have ruled that since oil is no longer flowing from the Macando Well BP and Transocean are not liable for cleanup costs and damages from the BP Gulf Oil Spill since the “well has already been sealed and the injury has already been committed”.

    In the ruling the court goes on note that Federal Government is in charge of the oil spill clean up efforts. Thus any damages related to the cleanup are now the burden of the Federal Government, meaning the US Taxpayer.The ruling means that Taxpayers are not only liable for the clean up of the BP Gulf Oil Spill but it also means that any damages caused by deficiencies of the clean up in the Gulf is now also the responsibility of the US Taxpayer

    That pissed me off...the amount of corruption in the American judicial system is absolutely sickening...
     
  2. Booch138

    Booch138 Well-Known Member

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    Oh... my... f*cking god....
     
  3. ShadowsFall

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    That's total BS.
     

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