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Land of Freedom Libertarian's Forum Administrator Offline Libertarian's Forum Posts: 353 The Land of Freedom	Is there a libertarian answer to the BP oil spill? Jun 1^st, 2010 at 6:06pm Is there a libertarian answer to the BP oil spill?
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Land of Freedom Libertarian's Forum Administrator Offline Libertarian's Forum Posts: 353 The Land of Freedom	Re: Is there a libertarian answer to the BP oil spill? Reply #1 - Jun 1^st, 2010 at 6:07pm Is it possible for the land, this case the Gulf, be private property? How would that have made a difference?
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Reply #2 - Jun 1^st, 2010 at 7:43pm

I think its a national disaster. I dont have a problem with government getting involved. What I DO have a problem with is the national government getting in the way. This is Obamas Katrina, and hes doing just as bad as Bush. Other countries have offered aid, but have received no reply from the administration. Jindal has said hes going to build barges with out without the federal governments approval because hes sick of waiting for a reply.

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Reply #3 - Jun 2^nd, 2010 at 2:54am

Land of Freedom wrote on Jun 1^st, 2010 at 6:07pm:

Is it possible for the land, this case the Gulf, be private property? How would that have made a difference?

I don't think it can be private property. You could have a trust fund owning the gulf, and the trust is owned by "citizens of USA", but because it is so big there would be no difference if it was the government or the trust who owns it. (I say trust fund because the gulf affects everybody. fishing, shipping, ports, economy, beaches, tourism, other oil companies, etc, etc)

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Reply #4 - Jun 2^nd, 2010 at 9:53am

Less bureaucracy, less investigation at this stage. More cleanup effort. Get it done, send the bill to BP unless post-cleanup investigation determines another party is at fault. If it is a no fault issue, as it seems to be, then it still falls to BP to pay for cleanup. It does necessarily fall to them to cover the losses to other industries, but it would be wise to do at least some of that out of good faith.

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BlackSand Libertarian Senior Member Offline Libertarian's Forum Posts: 343 Arizona	Re: Is there a libertarian answer to the BP oil spill? Reply #5 - Jun 5^th, 2010 at 12:15pm If anyones doubting the severity of the spill, go to google images. I think the question right now isnt who cleans it up, but how. And it seems like no one has the slightest idea. Or at least no one in the government or BP. And theyre both refusing help.
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Richard Enderle Libertarian Full Member Offline Libertarian's Forum Posts: 50	Re: Is there a libertarian answer to the BP oil spill? Reply #6 - Jun 6^th, 2010 at 11:49pm The answer: Stop telling oil companies that they can't drill close to the land?
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Jon Smith Libertarian Full Member Offline Libertarian's Forum Posts: 23	Re: Is there a libertarian answer to the BP oil spill? Reply #7 - Jun 7^th, 2010 at 12:39am Is there pipe left? Can it withstand a cap? It seems like a door would be able to be installed via submarine. I dunno, need more data on the mechanical aspects of this rig, and what is left undamaged.
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BlackSand Libertarian Senior Member Offline Libertarian's Forum Posts: 343 Arizona	Re: Is there a libertarian answer to the BP oil spill? Reply #8 - Jun 10^th, 2010 at 12:44am Theyve tried putting domes over it. But the domes froze over. Theyve tried sawing through it. But the saw got stuck. I also know very little about the mechanical aspects. But I know it isnt as simple as it sounds. Richard, what do you mean?
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Reply #9 - Jun 12^th, 2010 at 1:01pm

Oh, I'm just saying that the fact that BP had do drill 5,000 underwater is what made it more likely for this spill to happen. Oil companies are not allowed to drill near American land because they don't want oil spills to ruin their beaches in the event of an oil spill. Hows that working out for ya?

As for "libertarian solutions".. I find a lot of the time, libertarians beg the question when they insist that bodies of water can't be privately owned. If we can have metes and bounds for soil, why not water?

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