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    BP and Obama; Government, Who's It For?

    Obama did some arm twisting this week, resulting in BP's $20 billion escrow fund for victims of the Gulf Oil Spill disaster. Was he right to do it the way he did it? A larger discussion of the role of government ensues; at the end of the day, there's still an oil spill, and we don't know what will happen politically as a result.

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    By Tony Blankley • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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