Lawyer Money Grab of the Day

This is a tough case. 2.5 billion is excessive. I'm torn becaue Exxon went way out of their way to clean the spill. Consider how much was spent. They certainly took a loss, even if the cost was only be a couple weeks of profit for the company.

Clearly the company understood the responsibility for the actions of those they employ while on company time. If they didn't, they wouldn't have gone out of their way to clean the mess and own the penalties(spending 3.4 billion in cleanup and penalties). My question is why are they playing the "it's the employees fault and why should we pay" song and dance? The other question is how much are the attorneys getting out of this???

one thing about you capitalists... you don't want everything that comes with running a business. your willing to take the money and run, but when you have to pay out of your own pocket for any reason, the responsibility is transfered or avoided.

one good thing about exxon... they did take the initial step and spent a boat (pun intended) of money for cleanup. as a matter of fact, i think some new, environmentally & biologically safe ways of cleaning the water, shore and animals were introduced.

i'm tired of asking splitt for his definition of capitalism when ever he contradicts me such as the comment above. here's why i say what i say about capitalism:

Via Wiktionary:
Capitalism: (economics) a socio-economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of capital, whether privately or state owned and regulated.

Capital: (economics) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

Nothing wrong with money and wealth, so why deny it.