On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:14:39 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

sandy wrote:
I couldn't tell from reading rdean's post (above) what he was trying to say. ...

Allow me to translate.

The oil spill clean up is going to cost way too much. BP is going
to get screwed, the taxpayer is going to get screwed, money will
be wasted hand over fist just like after Katrina. All you really
have to do is get rid of OSHA and the EPA and the unions, especially
the unions, and all the greedy, unscrupulous folks who were poor
before the disaster anyway, and the the whole clean up can be done
for $29.95.


And speaking of the "poor," the guy that Obama talked about in his speech
yesterday, Mike Pinzone, is hardly "poor":

"Pinzone opened a small pizza shop on the beach 13 years ago and has since
expanded into half a dozen businesses. He has $2 million invested into
businesses along the fishing pier.

Compared with last year, Pinzone is down $100,000 in sales from April through
June at his businesses. Sales at the fish shack have dropped by 90 percent from
$5,000 to $500 on some days. He filed a claim with BP a month ago and has
received two checks totaling $10,000."

I don't think his mentioning April is gonna help his cause much...esp. to
national news media...

Another business person the national media has quoted, a marina owner, says his
income is down 50K, he has had to lay off 3-4 people at the marina's restaurant
(out of a staff of probably 50 at the marina), and while his full claim hasn't
been paid, he, too, has received 10 grand. A quick calculation, knowing what
slippage charges are in the area, would indicate his basically full marina is
grossing well north of 100K a month _on slippage alone_. And if he is seeing
the drastically increased fuel sales, ship's store sales, haul-out charges,
etc., that _some_ marinas are seeing, he well may have done no more than trade
income (and expense) at the marina's restaurant for income (and less expense) at
the actual marina side of things. I do not know the specifics at that marina
and make no claim about anything related to that marina.

Oh, and the "poor" people laid-off? Not a single mention of what they have or
have not received, if anything, either by him or the media. And I'd offer that
these business owners can wait a little longer and take a hit a little better
than one of the waitstaff laid off or a fry cook at the fish shack.

HTH,
R