That might have been ture because all everyone wanted to do was to stop the destruction and all Jindal could do was pick up the pieces and be the drama queen rather than a Governor READY for a disaster of this magnitude that could stop the leak in a heart beat by well prepared plans that would have required the oil indsutry to drill mandatory 'relief wells' along with the exploratory well. WAS THAT IN PLACE AND READY?
Besides that, what happened to the oil workers that were once unionized under the OCAW? Where were they now?
Ready for the disaster to save their own lives in compliance with strict government reglations supervised by COMPETENT inspectors?
Nope.
So where were they?
Cleaning up beaches that their oil industry was destroying?
Nope.
Compensating, through fund drives of their own people, a Gulf Economy for the all the money they made as oil service workers? Nope.
They were screaming and yellling at their Governor in order to 'get back to work' because they were barely making subsistence income as a PRIVATE CONTRACTOR to the oil business.
Oh, is that where they went? To their share of 'the spoils of war.' I see. No more unions, but, lucrative PRIVATE contracts that had to compete for next to nothing compensation, but, after they had sunk all their money into equipment the companies no longer provided, they were cast into poverty through vicious draconian bidding wars. I'll be darn. I wonder if any of them ever reflect on what they LOST when they became independent contractors rather than union workers employed by the companies and paid well with all kinds of safety inspections of qualified and competent inspectors with health and life insurance benefits, etc., etc., etc. Ah, but, this the the USA south where poverty is spiritually demanding and people are grateful for a nickle left over at the end of the week as independent business people.
Funny. That 'culture' of impoverishment never seemed to lose its grip on the south, huh? But, what diffferenc does that make when publically paid Governors can scream at the federal government for all their hardship cases. Who needs insurance when poverty is a breath away seeking rescue from 'the feds?' Right? So much for 'autonomous wealth' that scoffs at high government spending. Anyone ever figure out how much federal monies go into Louisiana that if spent before and differently would never result in tragedy and economic losses?
The oil service workers that were once unionized thought they would become millionaires as soon as they could run their own business. That's where they went, whether they realize it or not.
