Sharron Angle Says BP's $20 Billion Escrow Account is a 'Slush Fund'

BP offered the money for use for people who were effected by the spill. They weren't forced to put up the $20 billion, so Angle needs to find another angle. She's another Bachman, goofy.

From reading some of the post it seems republicans will always put the welfare of corporations over what is fair for the american people.

I bet angle would vote for giving BP a $20 billion tax break.

Any bets on how long it is before she backs off on this?????????

Why should the overseers be blamed for BP cutting corners. True, it is their job to keep watch, but BP should have enough self-responsibility to not need a government "baby-sitter".

The 20 billion dollar fund was more like a ransom demand that was paid. Funny that what happened to the criminal investigation by eric holder? Better yet why didn't BP take the 5th when questioned by the senate panel? As if there wasn't a backroom deal made before they agreed to pony up the money. I love whe they talk about an "independent third party" to oversee the fund, when feinberg is the pay czar how can they call that "independent" when feinberg won't even tell you what he is being paid?

Get in line again New Orleans,,,someone is ging to give you guys more money. Hey let blame who is relly at fault,, the US GOVERNEMENT,,what? Make a company drilling for oil in our coastal waters gaurantee they can cap the well incase of disaster, nah lets blame everybody else but our stupid governemnt. BP put up 20 billion, the US should put up 100 billion for stupidity for letting people drill who apparently don;t know how to cap a spill.

All I can say is if the people of Nevada elect Sharron Angle then you get what you deserve. There are many good passionate people in and around the Tea Party that are simply being duped. Big Government is not the problem. Bad Government is the issue. What Sharron Angle doesn't understand is that we have a big government because we are the the best country on the planet with the biggest economic engine ever developed. It takes a big government to run this thing and we should be proud of the size of our government. But there are some that would like you to believe that big government is the enemy. These are for the most part people who want big government out of the way so they can freely take advantage of others. Greed is our number one enemy. We should all thank God that we have a big government. We just need to make it better.

One can tell a lot about a criticism by the clarity and logic, with which it is written. In this case, Ms. Angle's stone throwing comes across as pandering to the industry. Let alone her characterization of the cleanup fund as a "slush fund." Given our supposed ideal of free trade, companies have no limit on their profits, and they should be similarly responsible for losses. All of them. If the cleanup and other costs do not total 20B USD, BP will get their money back. Twenty billion seems cheap about now, given BP's historic tendancy to miss-state facts. In the meantime, Angle is distorting things to her own purposes. Her own angles, one might say.

Regarding the agency oversight of off-shore drilling operations, at every possibility the industry and conservative legistators campaign for less government oversight, decision making, and control. Now, Angle suggests the lack of government oversight is partly responsible. What total hypocrisy!!!! Unfortunately, I believe the government has continued a lax enforcement policy derived from years of snuggling up to industry. There are, it seems, lessons to be learned all around.

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Sharon, Rand Paul, Toomey, Palin, Steele, just keep talking!! Tell everyone what your real goals and intentions are. The more you say, the greater your chances of staying the minority in November. ALL tea party candidates have narrowed any leads they have had over their democratic challngers and a couple have already entered negative territory. You guys have all turned out to be the gifts that keep on giving. Even fiverthirtyeight.com, a very nonpartisan statistical analysis group has the republican party picking up seats in both houses, but not taking majority control over either house. Their projections have never been wrong. They don't spin, they don't pander, they just explain what's going on. I say they are non partisan but in all honesty they could be considered right leaning. Keep it up!! the democrats don't have to do anything. You are all destroying yourselves.