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From: Frank Ketchum on 25 Jun 2010 08:16 <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message news:g858265qss45j4gu8l2gcj6bs33t4gftid(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:02:54 -0400, "Frank Ketchum" > <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > >> >>"Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message >>> >>> Barring some OJ-like brainfart by the legal system, BP will be found >>> liable for this disaster. But no need to apologize--long before any >>> legal >>> judgment transpires most of its assets will be transferred to points >>> unknown and the taxpayers will get stuck with the bill. >> >>Bullshit. Oil companies require massive capital which doesn't disappear >>into the ether. You think that BP station on the corner is going to >>vanish >>to "points unknown"? >> >>And even if this were true, where is your concern about the bill the >>taxpayer is getting stuck with aside from the cleanup effort? Taken a >>look >>at federal gubmint spending lately? >> > Surely you don't think that the taxpayers of America shouldn't be > concerned about getting stuck with these costs. We will be stuck paying for them whether we pay through the government or we pay through the gasoline pump.
From: John B. on 25 Jun 2010 10:34 On Jun 25, 8:16 am, "Frank Ketchum" <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > <bkni...(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > > news:g858265qss45j4gu8l2gcj6bs33t4gftid(a)4ax.com... > > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:02:54 -0400, "Frank Ketchum" > > <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > > >>"Carbon" <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message > > >>> Barring some OJ-like brainfart by the legal system, BP will be found > >>> liable for this disaster. But no need to apologize--long before any > >>> legal > >>> judgment transpires most of its assets will be transferred to points > >>> unknown and the taxpayers will get stuck with the bill. > > >>Bullshit. Oil companies require massive capital which doesn't disappear > >>into the ether. You think that BP station on the corner is going to > >>vanish > >>to "points unknown"? > > >>And even if this were true, where is your concern about the bill the > >>taxpayer is getting stuck with aside from the cleanup effort? Taken a > >>look > >>at federal gubmint spending lately? > > > Surely you don't think that the taxpayers of America shouldn't be > > concerned about getting stuck with these costs. > > We will be stuck paying for them whether we pay through the government or we > pay through the gasoline pump. We will not be stuck paying for them. BP will pay for them. If the cost of BP gasoline goes up as a result, then don't buy it.
From: BAR on 25 Jun 2010 10:54 In article <a5dd38e9-a5bc-4482-bf9f-d5f8b05a4a32 @u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says... > > On Jun 25, 8:16�am, "Frank Ketchum" <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > > <bkni...(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > > > > news:g858265qss45j4gu8l2gcj6bs33t4gftid(a)4ax.com... > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:02:54 -0400, "Frank Ketchum" > > > <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > > > > >>"Carbon" <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message > > > > >>> Barring some OJ-like brainfart by the legal system, BP will be found > > >>> liable for this disaster. But no need to apologize--long before any > > >>> legal > > >>> judgment transpires most of its assets will be transferred to points > > >>> unknown and the taxpayers will get stuck with the bill. > > > > >>Bullshit. �Oil companies require massive capital which doesn't disappear > > >>into the ether. �You think that BP station on the corner is going to > > >>vanish > > >>to "points unknown"? > > > > >>And even if this were true, where is your concern about the bill the > > >>taxpayer is getting stuck with aside from the cleanup effort? �Taken a > > >>look > > >>at federal gubmint spending lately? > > > > > Surely you don't think that the taxpayers of �America shouldn't be > > > concerned about getting stuck with these costs. > > > > We will be stuck paying for them whether we pay through the government or we > > pay through the gasoline pump. > > We will not be stuck paying for them. BP will pay for them. If the > cost of BP gasoline goes up as a result, then don't buy it. They gas you buy at your Shell or Exxon station may have come from a BP well. http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/experts/contactexperts.htm
From: Frank Ketchum on 25 Jun 2010 11:07 "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:a5dd38e9-a5bc-4482-bf9f-d5f8b05a4a32(a)u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... On Jun 25, 8:16 am, "Frank Ketchum" <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > <bkni...(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > > news:g858265qss45j4gu8l2gcj6bs33t4gftid(a)4ax.com... > > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:02:54 -0400, "Frank Ketchum" > > <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > > >>"Carbon" <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message > > >>> Barring some OJ-like brainfart by the legal system, BP will be found > >>> liable for this disaster. But no need to apologize--long before any > >>> legal > >>> judgment transpires most of its assets will be transferred to points > >>> unknown and the taxpayers will get stuck with the bill. > > >>Bullshit. Oil companies require massive capital which doesn't disappear > >>into the ether. You think that BP station on the corner is going to > >>vanish > >>to "points unknown"? > > >>And even if this were true, where is your concern about the bill the > >>taxpayer is getting stuck with aside from the cleanup effort? Taken a > >>look > >>at federal gubmint spending lately? > > > Surely you don't think that the taxpayers of America shouldn't be > > concerned about getting stuck with these costs. > > We will be stuck paying for them whether we pay through the government or > we > pay through the gasoline pump. We will not be stuck paying for them. BP will pay for them. If the cost of BP gasoline goes up as a result, then don't buy it. - - - IF the price goes up? I should know better than to bring up the point that it is the consumer that bears all costs of producing a product.
From: BAR on 25 Jun 2010 11:04
In article <Yu3Vn.74$f_3.12(a)newsfe17.iad>, nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu says... > > "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:a5dd38e9-a5bc-4482-bf9f-d5f8b05a4a32(a)u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > On Jun 25, 8:16 am, "Frank Ketchum" <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > > <bkni...(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > > > > news:g858265qss45j4gu8l2gcj6bs33t4gftid(a)4ax.com... > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:02:54 -0400, "Frank Ketchum" > > > <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > > > > >>"Carbon" <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message > > > > >>> Barring some OJ-like brainfart by the legal system, BP will be found > > >>> liable for this disaster. But no need to apologize--long before any > > >>> legal > > >>> judgment transpires most of its assets will be transferred to points > > >>> unknown and the taxpayers will get stuck with the bill. > > > > >>Bullshit. Oil companies require massive capital which doesn't disappear > > >>into the ether. You think that BP station on the corner is going to > > >>vanish > > >>to "points unknown"? > > > > >>And even if this were true, where is your concern about the bill the > > >>taxpayer is getting stuck with aside from the cleanup effort? Taken a > > >>look > > >>at federal gubmint spending lately? > > > > > Surely you don't think that the taxpayers of America shouldn't be > > > concerned about getting stuck with these costs. > > > > We will be stuck paying for them whether we pay through the government or > > we > > pay through the gasoline pump. > > We will not be stuck paying for them. BP will pay for them. If the > cost of BP gasoline goes up as a result, then don't buy it. > > - - - > > IF the price goes up? > > I should know better than to bring up the point that it is the consumer that > bears all costs of producing a product. Next he is going to tell you that businesses pay taxes too. |