We don’t want to have politicians run the fund. We want to make sure that the fund goes to the true tragic victims of the Gulf oil spill – the people, the businesses, the marine life and the wildlife. Just a few weeks ago, my colleagues on the Democratic side on the Senate tried to invade another previous oil spill find. They wanted to use that money and divert it for non-oil spill fun purposes. They wanted to put it on unemployment benefits. It’s too easy for politicians to go into a fund and divert it to their pet project. Every dime of this money needs to go to recompensate the victims of the Gulf disaster. It shouldn’t be about he politicians’ pet projects.”
When asked if she would use different words when she stated what the White House is doing is extortions, Bachmann said:
“In the context of which I was speaking, the government has been doing a lot of overreaching and that was the context of my concern. Government should not overreach in the areas where they have no business.”
From the comments:
Karl:
Funny, I don't remember Bachmann expressing these fears when the 9/11 victims' fund was established, run by the same guy (appointed by George Bush) who is running the BP escrow fund. Of course, she could just be a hypocrite.
That's true. Read about BP Fund Czar Kenneth Feinberg here.
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