So am I supposed to listen to Bobby Jindal or Haley Barbour and be moved by the fact that we have to?
Plants -- car manufacturing plants, steel manufacturing plants, airplane manufacturing plants -- close down all the time, and they put tens of thousands of people out of work all the time. It's the reality. It's where we are as a society. We are a dynamic, changing society. We are not static.
And it's the same analysis of a buffalo hunter that says: "I've killed all the buffalo. Well, let me go kill something else now."
*In August, the claims system will be taken over by Kenneth Feinberg, an independent administrator appointed by President Obama. BP will pay Feinberg's salary, but he reports neither to BP nor to the government. Feinberg will have wide discretion in setting the rules to determine who is eligible for payments through the fund.
As of July 28, BP has yet to deposit any money in the oil spill compensation fund and Feinberg has stated that he could not begin making payments to businesses and individuals until BP makes a deposit.
** Recently, it was reported that Michele Bachmann has said in a speech that if the Republicans take back the House in November, they will spend their time issuing subpoenas and having one hearing after another and work to starve the beast, i.e., defund Obamacare and then unwind it, as well as other programs.
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