It is reasonable to infer that BP will remain a viable and strong financial entity despite this incident.

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An ordered society depends on maintaining that trust -- we would go from superpower to zombie wasteland pretty quickly if we lost faith in our food sources, and the federal government is the entity strong enough to safeguard this republic, one case at a time.

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There is a strong suspicion that once a large state entity is privatised, the selling government will simply be tempted to spend the money at once to meet its short-term obligations.

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