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I wonder if maybe it's the same incompetent bureaucrats that let b.p. run the rig that are saying the other rigs are ok. we don't know. even if we can't use this $20 billion fund legally to pay for unemployment benefits, i'm telling you, politically there's no way this is going to get dumped on u.s. taxpayers. >> we should mention already, there are plans to dump some of the costs on to taxpayers and that spending plan, hidden in that spending plan that didn't pass last week was a provision to pay for cleanup of the gulf. now, that's something that the president and b.p. said b.p. should pay f...

Be it would cost too much. that was b.p.'s argument about all the shortcuts it appears to have taken, transocean as well on this very rig. sometimes things mhappen to cos money. that's a good idea. you need to step back, take a breather, look at the whole system and see if it's all right. frankly the responsibility lies with the corporation. this to me is no different than blaming the white house for the wall street mess. these companies have responsibilities. they should step up to them. >> yes? >> b.p. will have to step up to its responsibilities but so should the federal government and in t...

Do we react by them saying we're going to shut down every airport? >> they did after 9/11 for only three days. for six months, david, what is that -- this is after the fact posturing to act tough because you weren't on the stick immediately dealing with b.p. in the right way. b.p. should pay and pay dearly. >> although, neil, we do shut -- when there's a crash, if there are other planes that have a similar technical problem, we close down -- we ground those planes that have the same kind of device. shouldn't we just target those rigs in the gulf that have the same target as the rigs that blew ...

Said b.p. told them 100 million was the cap. that's the limit they'll pay in recompense to workers in the gulf. >> even "the new york times" said the moratorium will cost $165 million. more than $1.7 billion. but look, again, b.p. should pay up and they will pay up. but how do you do the right thing by the local workers? >> i bet taxpayers are forced to kick in at some point. at the bottom of the hour, bit way, a commonsense fix to america's debt trouble that could mean a tax cut for you. you don't want to miss that. but now, a controversial message from the labor department. >> remember, ever...

Bad political press that b.p. is getting, there's no way they'll be able to dump the cost of this on taxpayers. ultimately, there's a $20 billion slush fund and if nothing else, the unemployment will come out of that. >> but if this ban stays in place much longer, a lot of these rigs will move out of the gulf. >> that's a serious threat and the facts are that many of these rigs did pass an immediate reinspection after the explosion. there were 33 rigs, a number of them did pass. they're owned by shell. there are 21 rigs or so that are owned by b.p. that have these scary devices in there that c...