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This is my view as well, as well as being that of most right-libertarians I'm aware of....oddly enough, the Drs Paul included. They want BP to suffer (as suffer they should) but at the hands of the market and the courts, not the State.
Read more: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-...#ixzz0ocXZZruQ
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With the current status of futures trading, it would never be punished. Other oil companies would buy BP Oil and repackage it as their own. BP would lose maybe $.00001/gal, but it's far from punishing.
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