Small Fruit Pits wrote:
http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/15/news/bp … ?hpt=hp_t1

Too little? Too much?
I certainly don't think it's too much....I'm rather surprised they will be forced to pay the piper even that much.

This is Our Gov'Ment penalty. This does not include....State by State, Or Business's Lawsuits, Personal Lawsuits...and on and on....This is our Gov.ment bill.

DOUGLASFOTOS wrote:

This is Our Gov'Ment penalty. This does not include....State by State, Or Business's Lawsuits, Personal Lawsuits...and on and on....This is our Gov.ment bill.

I know....they've coughed up about 28 billion on other levels. Clean up, suits from victims estates....but for all the "criminal" charges, the only thing to take a hit was their wallet, which of course is pretty fat.

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:
Doesn't 3 strikes apply?

Fat chance on that

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:
"BP will plead guilty to a dozen felony charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and agreed to pay $4.5 billion in government penalties, the oil company said Thursday. "

But a dozen is more than 3 and corporations are people, my friend.

Doesn't 3 strikes apply?

Strikes system only applies to poor people like me who can't even pay a parking ticket. They like keeping the poor in their vice grip system of vicious cycles.

Cutting breaks and mega million dollar deals are for the rich so they can continue to ruin everything while still making a ton of money.

They should have to pay more, it's not like they don't have it.

Cultured Pearls Photo wrote:
too little or too much?...lol
Doesn't matter, it will ALL be paid by consumers....

Certainly a thought....but BP still needs to remain competitive in the market place.

Besides their profits and most all oil profits in recent years have been so obscene, they'll just keep doing what their doing and the 30 some odd billion this episode cost them will just be a blip.