Posted by lae2 on July 02, 2010 at 10:23:57:
"Still, Browner said BP is "a healthy company" with "a lot of assets." She added that "we don't want to see BP go out of business because we've got lots of claims that need to be paid.""
Ms. Browner speaks with the same degree sensitivity as BP's CEO who said that nobody wanted the leak stopped more than him so that he could have his "life back." How many people are employed by BP?
We spend a few years trying to get reelected by bashing "too big to fail." Now we shift gears and try to get reelected by bashing too small to compete.
This is a problem with Capitol Hill these days. There is little appreciation for consistency, logic, or hypocrisy. Oh yes, then there is the pesky little document - the US Constitution.