BP wants to stop paying Gulf oil spill victims

NEW ORLEANS - BP is arguing that most victims of last year's Gulf oil spill should not get any more payouts for future losses because the hardest-hit areas are recovering and the economy is growing.

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The British oil company argues its case in a 29-page document made public Friday and filed with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. The $20 billion fund is responsible for paying for damages from the spill.

The company says the fund should end payments for future losses to everyone, except in limited cases for oyster harvesters.

The company had already argued that fund administrator Ken Feinberg's formula for determining final payments artificially inflates future expected losses.

[kt4truth]

It's really a shame. Just watched the medal of honor ceremony for Sgt. Petri(sp?). To hear of his extreme courage and selflessness then see the selfishness and greediness of BP is shameful.

[tsigili]

They should pay, until the local governments, determine that the compensation has been adequate to compensate the people affected.

[kcits]

You mean until the local governments suck every last penny from the fund, right? Because that's what will happen. Once Governments get a hold of money they never let it go, as the politicians pay it out to people "who think like them" and other excuses are made to keep it. Its just like a toll road, tolls are only supposed to last till the road is paid for, but they never end.

[skeezix06]

A steady diet of FOX news and Norquist philosophy atrophy one's brain, kcits. You need to turn the tv and radio to other stations

[Dgunner]

If everyone acted like a true american and stuck together in thier shopping like in battle then BP would never sell another gallon of gas in the US.The american citizen has to show they have the guts and can shut someone down if they stick together no one would stop at a bp station and they would be forced to sell thier crude to another refiner and soon they would leave the US.

[MB-1234]

Sorry folks, you're not getting another dime from BP

Once that schmuck Republican Joe Barton (remember him - he's the jerk who actually apologized to BP after the spill last year) was elected by the Republican's in the house to, from Joe Barton's bio on his house website: "was selected by his colleagues to be the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce", it was only a mater of time before BP would stop paying.

As the Republican's like to say "election's have consequences", which in this case means once more Corporate greed wins out. BP will not be paying another dime to the any of the American people as long as Corporate Stooges like Joe Barton have Chairmanships in the House. As he boasts in his bio he was a "decontrol consultant for Atlantic Richfield Oil and Gas Company before being elected to Congress." In other words- a lobbyist for Big Oil. Is this really a surprise to anyone when the Corporate stooges (think Scott Walker) get voted in?

http://joebarton.house.gov/Back.aspx?Page=Biography

Rep. Joe Barton Apologizes to BP's Tony Hayward for White House "Shakedown" (Video) http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008020-503544.html

[skeezix06]

More corporate irresponsibility in an era of unrestrained corporate irresponsibility that can be laid at the feet of the GOP (party of personal responsibility).

Ironic.

[rwsmith29456]

BP wants to stop paying? It can't be true.

[Jaylah54]

How many people actually believed BP when they said they'd be there "as long as it took" and would "make things right" to begin with? Anybody? Anybody at all?

[Overruled1]

I've been saying all along since the spill that arrests should be made. Yet nothing has come from the law to arrest the principles to the crime.

[slatep]

How man years ago was the Exxon Valdez spill.?

According to scientists and environmentalists; the are has still not recovered.

Now; just one year later BP thinks they have paid enough to "most" of those whose lives and livlihoods were destroyed by their shabby negligent maintenance of the oil rig and the eleven lives that were lost.

BP can take what they "think" and STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE.!!!

Of course they are going to try to weasel out of making any more payments.

This company is so arrogant, they actually are insulted that we think they haven't done enough.

Independent auditors from a third foreign country should be brought in; shown every claim submitted, contact every claimant to make sure they received the full amount of their claim and then do studies on the wildlife and environment damage done and make sure BP continues to pay until the wildlife, the ocean, homes, businesses and fisheries, boats and wetlands have recovered completely.

This sounds like this proposal came from that arrogant a**hole who "wanted his life back" within days after the spill.

DO NOT LET BP OFF THE HOOK.!!!

If they refuse to pay any more, confiscate all their holdings, freeze all their assets and set their a**es afloat on an oil rig back to BP corporate headquarters.

[NinthSt78]

Might want to trade a few of "ours" over there for a few of "theirs" over here-- more convenience and lower shipping costs?