April 20, 2010. It took over six years to obtain a settlement. How many Americans will receive the benefit of that?

It wasn't obvious? It wasn't like angry Americans blew up the well, BP did it all by itself. If the truth be known, greed blew up the well. Greed with no reverence for life blew up the BP Deepwater Horizon.

June 30, 2016

By AP

Baton Rouge (AP) — Louisiana (click here) is expecting Friday (July 1) to receive $200 million from BP, the first portion of the state's settlement for economic damages associated with the 2010 Gulf Coast oil spill.

Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne updated state officials Thursday about the payment, which is earmarked to fill state budget gaps.

Louisiana is expected to receive up to $1 billion from BP as compensation for the spill's economic damages, with payments to arrive over 15 years. Lawmakers earmarked the rest of the money for the state's "rainy day" fund and an elderly trust fund....