Monday 7 June 2010
Place BP Under Temporary Receivership
Nice "Me Too" piece, Jesse. Unfortunately, Robert Reich's 5 points miss the mark:
1) says "don't know" is the same as lying
2) assumes, without evidence, that devoting more resources, would be of any help whatever
3) "accountable" means we can now blame the government and not the company responsible
4) assumes, without evidence, that there s another strategy that would help
5) is simply wrong: responsibility (BP's) is now totally clear and would become confused if the government took over.
In short, your arguments are the equivalent of saying we should take over Nestle because it is the government's responsibility to protect the nation from obesity or take over British American Tobacco because it is the government's responsibility to protect the nation from cancer.
1) says "don't know" is the same as lying
2) assumes, without evidence, that devoting more resources, would be of any help whatever
3) "accountable" means we can now blame the government and not the company responsible
4) assumes, without evidence, that there s another strategy that would help
5) is simply wrong: responsibility (BP's) is now totally clear and would become confused if the government took over.
In short, your arguments are the equivalent of saying we should take over Nestle because it is the government's responsibility to protect the nation from obesity or take over British American Tobacco because it is the government's responsibility to protect the nation from cancer.
# posted by Had It in Holland Park @ 05:02 
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