From the Wall Street Journal
Now, I am not sure how I feel about the government billing BP to send people down there that really have no reason to be down there... Biden's trip did not accomplish anything and it was more or less a waste of time.
Outside of that, why can't the government at least itemize their expenses if they expect BP to cover the cost of something like this?
On a smaller scale, BP just received a $75,000 nonitemized bill for a one-day visit by Vice President Joe Biden to the New Orleans crisis center.
"We effectively work for the government here," BP's Mr. Dudley says.
Now, I am not sure how I feel about the government billing BP to send people down there that really have no reason to be down there... Biden's trip did not accomplish anything and it was more or less a waste of time.
Outside of that, why can't the government at least itemize their expenses if they expect BP to cover the cost of something like this?