Posted on 06/30/2010 8:26:48 AM PDT by autumnraine
NEW PROGRAM IS CRUCIAL FIRST STEP TO HELP SMALL RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS
The White House has announced that a new, independent claims process will be created with the mandate to be fairer, faster, and more transparent in paying damage claims by individuals and businesses affected by the massive oil spill currently hitting the Gulf Coast. This fund was established after the NAACP had issued an emergency resolution at the May meeting of the National Board of Directors expressing concern that whenever a disaster strikes like hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we must remain vigilant to expose and correct disparate treatment of African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities and ensure that benefits are provided equally and fairly through the process.
In order to ensure fairness, the White House has announced that the new claims facility will develop standards for recoverable claims that will be published and that the facility is designed for claims of individuals and businesses who have been harmed by the oil spill; local, state, tribal, and federal government claims will continue to be handled directly by British Petroleum. Furthermore, dissatisfied claimants maintain all current rights under law, including the right to go to court or to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Under the new agreement, British Petroleum will also contribute $100 million to a foundation to support unemployed oil rig workers. The Obama Administration, along with the NAACP, is also promoting a proposal which must be approved by Congress, which would create a new program of unemployment assistance, modeled after the Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program, to provide benefits to workers who lose their jobs as a result of an oil spill of national significance, such as this one.
The Administration also intends to hold British Petroleum to its previous commitment to spending $500 million for the ten-year Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to improve understanding of the impacts of and ways to mitigate oil and gas pollution. As a part of this initiative, BP will work with governors and state and local environmental and health authorities to design the long-term monitoring program to assure the environmental and public health of the Gulf Region.
Ensuring that claims by those affected most by the oil spill are handled fairly and correctly is of utmost importance to the NAACP: the impacted areas are home to many African Americans and other minorities who, both individually and as business owners, are seeing their livelihoods destroyed. As such, the NAACP remains committed to helping our brothers and sisters in the Gulf Coast by ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and is equitably compensated for their losses.
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So is this new claims center for everyone? Or just the "SMALL RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS"?
More free cast to those who vote Democrat. more slush
here we go- minority claims step to the head of the line!
hurry on in folks, $20 billion to give away and going fast...
In the never let a crisis go to waste category, looks like the BO Admin is adopting the oil spill as an excuse and means to redistibute wealth and stimulate the economy at BP’s expense.
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NAACP = professional race whiners
You can bet your bippy that this is NOT for anyone other than "career minorities"...
“More free cast to those who vote Democrat. more slush”
ABSOLUTELY!!...because the needs of minorities are so special extra care must be taken to ‘level the playing field’
...notice the press release says the claims center is a crucial ‘First Step’....translation:...this shakedown will go on and on.
Perhaps they can get those debit cards with $2k back again. That worked out so well.
Why do black folks always have special programs that whitey can’t get?
Also, I see that they have now carved out $500 million from BP for a ten year program to study oil spills. I guess that the shakedown will fund many things, maybe even Zer0’s next date night on Bourbon St. NOLA.
Steven Chu (now energy secretary) carved $500 Million out of BP in 2008 to open a think tank at Berkeley?
http://motherjones.com/politics/2008/12/steven-chu-bff-bp
WTF???????
I am beginning to wonder whether “BP” is a front company for a globalist future govt-controlled energy monopoly. Surely their shareholders (at least the small people whose pensions are invested in this stock) cannot be aware of these massive diversions to social programs masquerading as energy research and development?
Now a directed priority slush flow (wealth redistribution) to the NAACP?
Ok, so now the WH has established a direct link to the 20 billion dollars, and claims for “individuals” and businesses will go through this channel?
(Gee, I don’t see how any corruption or false claims or fraudulent monkey business (or essentially money laundering to get cash to whatever intended targets they want to pay off/back) can possibly happen under the eyes of such a transparent and honest regime such as Barry’s!
In other words, the WH has now inserted its’ own Crazy Straw into the yummy Green Slushy and can begin sucking at will.
My current thought and prayer is not nice enough to put down here.
here we go- minority claims step to the head of the line!
hurry on in folks, $20 billion to give away and going fast...””
Lots of claims & money has already been paid out by BP.
How many of these people will get a duplicate payment?
More accounting gymnastics & chicanery.
Only a couple of days ago, there was a thread here on FR that said that the Federal SBA had turned down over 70% of requests for help to businesses hurt by the oil spill.
But NOW— they are rushing to give ‘extra special attention’ to persons of color”???
Who says NObama isn’t a RACIST ????
This fund was established after the NAACP had issued an emergency resolution at the May meeting of the National Board of Directors expressing concern that whenever a disaster strikes like hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we must remain vigilant to expose and correct disparate treatment of African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities and ensure that benefits are provided equally and fairly through the process. In order to ensure fairness, the White House has announced that the new claims facility will develop standards for recoverable claims that will be published and that the facility is designed for claims of individuals and businesses who have been harmed by the oil spill; local, state, tribal, and federal government claims will continue to be handled directly by British Petroleum.
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