Workers Hired for Gulf Oil Cleanup Find Jobs Taken by Locals

Seriously people...
Anytime and anything the government gets involved with usually makes for a worse disaster or scenario.
But who ya gonna call? Ghost Busters?
Get real...
We all know it's BP's fault, we all know the government agencies failed to do its job with safety inspections and oversight.
We all know Obama missed his calling by nearly 2 months.
Seriously... What did you really expect to happen with the cleanup?
Did you actually believe thing would "change" for the better?

Common sense would dictate the locals get involved and do the detainment work and cleanup. It's not like everyone in the devastated area had much else to do under the dire circumstances.

But when has government at the Federal level ever had common Sense? Do the math.

I say offer the funds needed to state and local official goverment and let them do what they know needs to be done.

What were these persons being enlisted for services from other states thinking? Dahhhhh!!!

This was a great idea for hiring the local residence to do the work. It will give some relief to their local economies .Plus the local residence will do a better job it is their shores and beaches their will be more pride involved. I just wish government would stop getting involved and slowing the process and let the experts to their job.

If an Oil spill puts a man out of a job, it is only right that he should be given the opportunity for work with the party causing the spill first.

Another example of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. The most ardent, devoted, hardworking crews, would logically be assembled using locals, whose lives and livlihoods are most affected by this disaster. How did our government, and BP, get so topheavy with empty headed people? This happened with FEMA, when devastating hurricanes hit. My brother, a trucker, applied to help with the cleanup. He was told by FEMA that his services were not needed, they were bringing in their own people to do the job. My brother found out that FEMA (our government agency paid by the taxpayers) was charging THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT HE WOULD HAVE CHARGED, while still making a profit for himself. This is the type of shakedown that takes place always, everywhere, by these corrupt government bureaucracies that are supposed to be the protectors of the American people, our environment, and our national security.

I live in Louisiana and have seen reports by locals that the contractors are bringing in people that are not doing their job and many are from the criminal element. Now this article makes it appear that the people coming in are being victimized. From that picture though it appears that many people are watching and not working. Are they locals or otherwise????