I will say that he's got a good speech writer though. He really made it sound so innocuous. He's not opposed to a special fund for victims... and I'm sure that like the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, Oily Joe would like to see the victims wait for decades for any settlement. Why major corporations are accustomed to being treated extra fair by the courts. They're entitled to however much justice they can buy!
How dare Obama put the rights of Gulf Coast residents and workers above Big Oil! How unconstitutional of him!
You see I don't have a problem with the President forcing an escrow on BP property because #1) I don't trust them and #2) I don't consider them a "person" under our constitution. So go take a black oil bath Joe! :P
Here's what happens when you trust corporations, especially big oil, to make things right when they cause an environmental disaster. They fight like hell in the courts using their money clout to drag the lawsuits on for decades.
Seattle PI 11/9/2008First payments from Exxon Valdez hitting banksANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez lawsuit are starting to receive their settlement money, nearly 20 years after the tanker spilled 11 million gallons of crude into Prince William Sound.
The first settlement payments, in the form of direct deposits, began hitting bank accounts this week. Paper checks are expected to start going out next week.
Mark Witteveen, a former commercial fisherman, told the Anchorage Daily News that he and his wife, Bree, discovered some Exxon Valdez money in their bank account Monday.
"We waited for it, it came and we'll take it," the Kodiak man said. "But it's certainly not a life-changing amount."
Most amounts range from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand, but some exceed $100,000. All payments also are minus 22 percent to pay lawyers who pressed the class action lawsuit. Some money also has been set aside in case a Seattle-based processor who wants more than the allocated settlement should win on appeal.
Environmental News Service 3/24/09 20 Years After Valdez Oil Spill, Exxon Still Owes $92M WASHINGTON, DC, March 24, 2009 (ENS) - Today is the 20th anniversary of the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill, but the federal and state governments have yet to collect millions of dollars that the oil company agreed to pay.
A final $92 million claim for harm to wildlife, habitat and subsistence users filed in 2006 has gone unanswered by the Exxon Corporation, now ExxonMobil.
Good try Tammy - You're dealing with Oily Joe the best you can. :hug: