"jps" wrote in message
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Meanwhile, Exxon wants the $5B settlement reduced for the Alaska spill.
Pigs.
Wouldn't you?
No.
I'm a citizen and, although justice in this land is by no means perfect,
a court case has been decided (using the best attorneys money can buy,
no doubt).
It's obscene to consider that a company at the peak of it's historical
earnings is trying to shirk it's civic responsibility. But that's a sign
of the times, eh? Foist civic responsibility back on the taxpayer, no
matter who's guilty of the injustice.
We foot the bill for cleanup in Alaska when their captain fell asleep.
We foot the bill when Walmart doesn't offer proper medical insurance
coverage for their employees.
This shifting of responsibility makes me sick. It's time for
accountability and for all to pay their fair share, including
politically influential corporations.
jps
My complaint about the Exxon bill, was Alaska got off with out also being
held liable. Fact is, they still got to distribute money each year to their
citizens. They had a tax on every barrel of oil pumped to buy spill
containment equipment. None was bought! They should have been made to
pony up the cost of any oil damage that would have been stopped from
containment.