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re: Oil Spill Threatens to Choke Gulf Region's Economic Recovery

Posted on 6/8/10 at 10:24 pm to
Posted by C
Houston
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 6/8/10 at 10:24 pm to
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Odd that you don't mention the moratorium.
Honestly, its very little when you compare that to $60 billion tourism, but the OP does have an agenda.
Posted by Me4Heisman
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Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 6/8/10 at 10:49 pm to
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Honestly, its very little when you compare that to $60 billion tourism, but the OP does have an agenda.


That $60 billion number is quite misleading as it pertains to the spill.
Posted by CptBengal
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 6/8/10 at 10:51 pm to
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Honestly, its very little when you compare that to $60 billion tourism,


coupled with the billions in losses by commercial fishing, coupled with the loss of service by the environment...hundreds of billions of dollars.

The moratorium affects a small subset of the population compared with these far reaching effects.
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