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[Dustlawyer]

23. No, but he did a deal with them before the 2010 elections to put the Coast Guard under

BP's control. They used Coast Guard planes to spray the Corexit. He "Approved" Ken Feinberg to be the "Independant" head of the Gulf Coast Claim Facility and the 20 billion dollar fund. Turns out there was no 20 billion dollar fund and Ken Feinberg was hand picked by BP (The court later found that Feinberg had always been BP's representative).
He could have required BP take care of all of the victims before being allowed to drill in the U.S. again like other countries have. He could have required better spill response before allowing Deepwater drilling again, he did none of that. Now the victims will have to wait indefinetly, especially after the government's fine is assessed. BP only pays out so much a year to preserve their divided payments and bonuses to the CEO.
We asked Eric Holder to revoke the probation BP was still under from killing 15 and injuring thousands in Texas City when the Deepwater Horizon blew up. Holder instead let them off probation EARLY!!!
The U.S. is the largest oil producer in the world right now, more than Saudi Arabia.
OBAMA has done many socially great things, but big business has always gotten what they wanted from him, and will from Hillary as well. Bernie Sanders is fighting this kind of influence over our politicians, which is anti-democratic.