Reply #2: We all better HOPE BP doesn't go bankrupt1 THAT would mean

[napi21]

the taxpayers, yea you & me, would have to clean up their mess, and most likely ther wouldn't be ANY $$ to compensate the people harmed by their failures.

I know, I was feeling very vindictive too, and I wated BP to go belly up as payback, but then I was speakingto a stock broker last week, and what he saidmade sense. "BP was terribly negligent & must pay for all the damage they caused, but the last thing in the world youwant is for them not to be able to PAY! They are swimming in ash and available credit right now, and $$ won't be a problem, but if the US forces them into bankruptcy, all that money is gone. The available credit will dry up, the stock holderswill sell all their shares, and WE the US taxpayer willbe left with nothing!" H didn't even mention all the jobs lost and the damage that would do.

I honestly think it's time for us to stop the vengence attitude & think what's really in our best interests.