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In response to "I'm torn. why should we (the US) be doing anything / spending anyy money on this." by ty97

I was reading something this morning that was posted here that said the government can't really get too involved.

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) May 26 '10, 10:37

And that they've been doing everything they're allowed to do up to this point. It's BP's responsibility and the only thing the government can do is conduct oversight of the operations.

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I have a hard time believing that. Has a state of emergency been declared? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:41 1
- I don't know. Again, I'm only speaking about the law that prevents then government from taking over from BP. - Krusty May 26, 10:44
If Obama wanted to federalize BP, he could. - Strongbad May 26, 10:39 7
- I can't say, I don't know about that. Here's a clip from the article I was talking about. - Krusty May 26, 10:41 2
  - Hmmm... here's my source. -- (link) - Strongbad May 26, 10:43 1
    - To be fair, I was saying they're doing everything they can based on the law that is in place. - Krusty May 26, 10:48
- Great idea! -- nm - Hugo Chavez May 26, 10:40 3
  - Way to read the IM. -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 10:41 2
    - I read it. Seriously, why have that header? -- nm - Roger More May 26, 10:42 1
      - Because it's being talked about in the media? -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 10:44

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I was reading something this morning that was posted here that said the government can't really get too involved.

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