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Congressional bills S.861 and S.862 would require that 80% of the money paid in fines by BP go directly to affected communities, rather than to the general fund of the US Treasury.

Here's another petition you (US voters/residents, again; you need a US zip code) can sign if you support this idea.

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I'm sad that this even needs to be said.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/363134/2711233.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/363134/2711233.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/363134/2711251.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/363134/2711251.page GMT
This one's to ask BP to not use their $13 billion losses as a tax writeoff. They've already written off the $40.2 billion set aside for cleanup, and the $20 billion victim compensation fund (though they've paid out less than 20% of the latter so far).

It's funny. BP's tax credit is bigger than the entire budget of the EPA.

More numbers here:

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