Think Progress - "Boehner agrees with the Chamber of Commerce that taxpayers should pay for spill"

[TomCADem]

While Democrats try to hold BP responsible, and try to pass bills increasing the liability cap for oil companies, you have the so-called anti-bailout Republicans pushing for a bailout:

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/10/boehner-spill/

Late last month, Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue said that he feels its appropriate for taxpayers to cover some of the costs of cleaning up the Gulf Coast in the wake of British Petroleum’s ongoing oil spill. “Everybody is going to contribute to this clean up. We are all going to have to do it. We are going to have to get the money from the government and from the companies and we will figure out a way to do that,” he said. Evidently, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) agrees that taxpayers should be footing the bill, as reported by TPMDC’s Brian Beutler:

In response to a question from TPMDC, House Minority Leader John Boehner backed Tom Donohue, President of the Chamber of Commerce, in saying taxpayers should help pick up the tab. “I think the people responsible in the oil spill — BP and the federal government — should take full responsibility for what’s happening there.”

Democrats in Congress are seeking to lift (or eliminate entirely) the cap on liabilities that BP has for cleaning up after its spill, which currently stands at just $75 million. “The person who makes the mistake ought to be responsible,” said Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL). “And if the penalty is that they’re going to be responsible and have to pay, they’re sure going to be a lot more careful about what they’re doing.”

[Cha]

1. boner's dumber than a sack of

shit.

[midnight]

2. He sure is. Nationalize our oil, and give the profits to the people.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

I think he may have thousands of taxpayers knocking at his door with pitchforks

[CoffeeCat]

3. Positively UNfrickinBELIEVABLE!!

BP operated in a careless, unregulated environment, and it can damn well
clean up after its own disaster that it caused--because the company
demanded that they be allowed to operate without a plan to respond to a disaster.

They made BILLIONS and BILLIONS operating like this for years. Now, they
want us to fork over our hard-earned dollars to pay for a disaster that
was directly due to their own folly?

American citizens were forced to watch our politicians deregulate these BP
bastards--which NEVER benefited us!! It benefited BP's bottom line! So,
now, they want us to pay for the grave disaster that was caused by their
profit-centric business model?

Dear God in heaven....this really can't be happening!!!!!!!!!

[Scuba]

4. Privatize profits, socialize losses. Thanks Boehner.