Conservatives, do you support legislation that would raise liability of Oil companies in the event of a spill?

Currently companies like BP are only on the hook up to 75 million dollars. Should the cap be raised? If not, who should be responsible for losses above the cap?Conservatives, do you support legislation that would raise liability of Oil companies in the event of a spill?Yes

This spill could cost 15 billion or more..



No big deal, BP will stick the states with the cleanup bill, and raise gas prices to boot, in the end, this will cost them nothing, and the gas prices going up might end up INCREASING their profits



Our system is thoroughly brokenConservatives, do you support legislation that would raise liability of Oil companies in the event of a spill?
Thats a GREAT question.

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Im not cons tho.

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:)Conservatives, do you support legislation that would raise liability of Oil companies in the event of a spill?Sure
Liability should not be capped.



Attorney fees should be capped.Conservatives, do you support legislation that would raise liability of Oil companies in the event of a spill?This conservative has no problem with it, just keep drilling baby.Conservatives, do you support legislation that would raise liability of Oil companies in the event of a spill?
You do realize that if the cap is raised they will merely pass the cost along to the consumer; that means everyone.



That is a reality whether you are a conservative or a liberal.
No, that would be totally unwarranted.Conservatives, do you support legislation that would raise liability of Oil companies in the event of a spill?
We all use oil, including the federal government, so perhaps the federal government should pay for whatever is over the cap.



I think we could require oil companies have some sort of system similar to how car or homeowners insurance works. But I'm not sure how realistic that idea is.



The truth of the matter is we'll be paying for it no matter what we do. Either the government will cover the costs, or the oil companies will. If oil companies do it, the price of oil will go up and we'll all pay for it a little bit more when we purchase gas or other oil products. I'm not sure what a good answer will be. And what insurance company or system exists that could effectively determine risk and have a large enough pool of customers paying into the insurance to make it worth it?

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