“Remember when Sen Reid said “”Taxpayers will not pick up the tab”, and when Pelosi said ‘BP is going to pay the bill..there will be no taxpayer dollars…” Or when Obama said “We will make BP pay for the damage…”. Guess what – taxpayers are effectively footing the bill!” (via Matt Leonard)
BP to cut U.S. tax bill by $10 billion because of losses in gulf spill
www.washingtonpost.com
BP said Tuesday that it plans to cut its U.S. tax bill by $9.9 billion, or about half the amount pledged to aid victims of the disaster, by deducting costs related to the oil spill.