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<blockquote data-quote="av8torntn" data-source="post: 745125" data-attributes="member: 8259"><p>Actually it's just the opposite. This clearly shows the failure and incompetence of a large government. We have a government who hired a company to drill for oil on their land. The company had to drill exactly how the government wanted them to and also be subject to extreme over regulation. Step by step they had to do exactly what the government said to do. Once an accident(I'm guessing) happened and they spilled some oil in the water the government then puts up every roadblock they can to prevent efforts to minimize the damage. They even block their own states from protecting their own shorelines. They prevent other governments from even helping. </p><p>They stop the company from paying for damages so they can get their hands on the money. The government couldn't even decide how they would allow the company to act. It has been like watching a horrible nightmare unfold one week the government wants chemicals dumped into the ocean the next they decide that's worse than the oil. One week nobody can suck the oil up off the water the next week the government is claiming that is the best way to go. Every step of the way this company has done everything the government has asked of them and now in some magical way you wish to absolve the government of all responsibility. All I can say is wow. If anything this should be proof once and for all that our federal government is to large, to incompetent, to cumbersome, and just simply a bad idea.</p><p>Yes the government could have acted in more reasonable ways to prevent the damage this oil has caused. Yes it is possible if the government would have acted differently oil may have never reached shore. Yes if the government would have hired companies to drill on their land, or their shallow waters instead of in deep water this would have been capped by now. Yes you can lay all this at the feet of government over regulation. Yes the government should not be in the oil business no more than they should be in the transportation business, the education business, the retirement business, or the health care business. It is comical that as the government destroys all these markets you somehow want to blame private companies. I guess the blame game really is the only thing big government is capable of doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="av8torntn, post: 745125, member: 8259"] Actually it's just the opposite. This clearly shows the failure and incompetence of a large government. We have a government who hired a company to drill for oil on their land. The company had to drill exactly how the government wanted them to and also be subject to extreme over regulation. Step by step they had to do exactly what the government said to do. Once an accident(I'm guessing) happened and they spilled some oil in the water the government then puts up every roadblock they can to prevent efforts to minimize the damage. They even block their own states from protecting their own shorelines. They prevent other governments from even helping. They stop the company from paying for damages so they can get their hands on the money. The government couldn't even decide how they would allow the company to act. It has been like watching a horrible nightmare unfold one week the government wants chemicals dumped into the ocean the next they decide that's worse than the oil. One week nobody can suck the oil up off the water the next week the government is claiming that is the best way to go. Every step of the way this company has done everything the government has asked of them and now in some magical way you wish to absolve the government of all responsibility. All I can say is wow. If anything this should be proof once and for all that our federal government is to large, to incompetent, to cumbersome, and just simply a bad idea. Yes the government could have acted in more reasonable ways to prevent the damage this oil has caused. Yes it is possible if the government would have acted differently oil may have never reached shore. Yes if the government would have hired companies to drill on their land, or their shallow waters instead of in deep water this would have been capped by now. Yes you can lay all this at the feet of government over regulation. Yes the government should not be in the oil business no more than they should be in the transportation business, the education business, the retirement business, or the health care business. It is comical that as the government destroys all these markets you somehow want to blame private companies. I guess the blame game really is the only thing big government is capable of doing. [/QUOTE]
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