how's this for llaissez-faire??
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STATISTICALLY they are very safe. 11 out of the 18,000 they employ. The USA has a dismal record of safety when Government is in charge. Look at how many folks die on the job who are employed by the military over in Afghanistan. Way more than 1 in 1600, Currently there is a force of 98,000, and so far 1440 have died which makes it a 1 in 68 who DIE, that isn't counting all the wounded , maimed, and vegetable status people who come back.
Statistics is fun isn't it? You can make statistics prove any point you want because they are so very easy to manipulate. Hey you know what? People will think you are really safe if you keep giving yourself awards for safety irregardless of actual safety.
BudMcLovin
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Don’t but their product if you don’t like it. I quit buying from BP a while back when Russia bought into the company.
Why people can promote a totalitarian form of government is beyond me. I want to know at what level you crazy lefties are willing to accept. Will you let the government tell you where to work, live, eat, drink, sleep? You are so up for limiting the rights of other well what about yours?
The free market that you communist don’t like has done more to lift people out of poverty than any government handout ever could think about. Stupid bastards scream because the republicans want to regulate morality and then turn around and try to legislate some fucked up “economic morality in the name of fairness”.
Why people can promote a totalitarian form of government is beyond me. I want to know at what level you crazy lefties are willing to accept. Will you let the government tell you where to work, live, eat, drink, sleep? You are so up for limiting the rights of other well what about yours?
The free market that you communist don’t like has done more to lift people out of poverty than any government handout ever could think about. Stupid bastards scream because the republicans want to regulate morality and then turn around and try to legislate some fucked up “economic morality in the name of fairness”.
Charlie Ventura
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Laissez fair? What is the meaning of those two words? I believe its "leave us alone" capitalism. In other words, a market free of government interference.
The question to ask is why BP was drilling in the outer banks, drilling over five miles deep. The answer is environmental policies dictated it. They, along with other oil producers, have been forced out of drilling in 500 foot waters where repairs can be more easily made if necessary. In other words, the results of the BP spill was caused more by the environmental lobby lobbying for more restrictive laws than by BP lacking safety standards.
The question to ask is why BP was drilling in the outer banks, drilling over five miles deep. The answer is environmental policies dictated it. They, along with other oil producers, have been forced out of drilling in 500 foot waters where repairs can be more easily made if necessary. In other words, the results of the BP spill was caused more by the environmental lobby lobbying for more restrictive laws than by BP lacking safety standards.
Robert Paulson
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Republicans do not want to regulate anything except steady flow into their checking accounts. If things continue on the same track we are going to see the gap between the rich and poor grow greater as the middle class completely disappears.
I basically believe everyone in the nation needs a macro econ lesson. you hear all of the uproar about spending and taxes but guess what, that's exactly how we get got out of the great depression. The punditry we see on TV these days especially fox and msnbc is so ridiculous. Someone every now and then says something worth while but it seems like they are just preaching to the ignorant---the only people dumb enough to believe that shit.
the problem is the gap between the rich and the poor is getting close to being as wide as it was during the great depression.
and with a government without the balls to step in, a disaster which cost countless fishermen, restaurants, hotels, car rental companies, etc. gets dealt with bonuses for the execs charged with preventing the catastrophe... bonuses for disastrous management....
like when the financial crisis happened. they took the bailout, and gave it away in bonuses.....
long live capitalism!!!!!
and with a government without the balls to step in, a disaster which cost countless fishermen, restaurants, hotels, car rental companies, etc. gets dealt with bonuses for the execs charged with preventing the catastrophe... bonuses for disastrous management....
like when the financial crisis happened. they took the bailout, and gave it away in bonuses.....
long live capitalism!!!!!