Punishing BP: 6 brutal proposals
Commentators are calling for heads to roll at BP — literally, in some cases — over its disastrous Gulf oil spill. What's the appropriate penalty?
How should BP pay for the oil spill in the Gulf? Photo: Flickr SEE ALL 26 PHOTOS
1. Make BP pay and pay and pay
2. Void all its government contracts
3. Kill the company
4. Boycott BP, far and wide
5. Throw the executives in jail
6. Execute CEO Tony Hayward
MSNBC host Chris Matthews also called for jail time for BP CEO Tony Hayward — but then he appeared to go one step further: "In China, it's a more brutal society — a more brutal society," Matthews said on "Hardball" Monday, "but they execute people for this, major industrial leaders that commit crimes like this, failure like this." (Just saying...)
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