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It’s not exactly the corporate death penalty, but it’s a start
On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is barring BP from receiving any new federal government contracts due to the foreign oil corporation’s “lack of business integrity” following the 2010 Gulf oil spill. BP recently agreed to pay $4.5 billion in fines for the environmental catastrophe, which will only put a slight dent in their corporate money chest. But this latest move by the EPA could be far more harmful to the company. BP can still benefit from existing federal contracts, however the Department of Interior has also banned BP from receiving any new leases to drill on federal lands.
According to the EPA, the ban on BP will last until the company can prove it’s capable of meeting federal business standards. Our nation has a long history of putting corporations out of business when they’re operating against the best interest of their workers and the community. Only when corporations have the corporate death penalty “Sword of Damocles” hanging over their head can we make sure that workers and communities aren’t being exploited to maximize short-term profits.
-Thom
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Daily Take: Obama helps Rupert Murdoch rule America
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Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Have the Republicans put Santa Claus in front of the firing squad?
3 Amigos
Hour Two: "Conversations With Great Minds"- William Hogeland, Author-"Founding Finance"
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
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The GOP has put Santa Claus in Front of the Firing Squad!
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Full Show 11/28/12: Santa Claus and the Democratic Firing Squad
With Joe Lieberman leaving the Senate Thom discusses who will be joining Senators McCain and Graham to form the new three amigos. Tonight's "Lone Liberal Rumble" panel discusses the continued attacks from the right on Susan Rice, why Republican lawmakers care about a pledge they made with Jack Abramoff money launderer Grover Norquist and the latest on the "fiscal cliff" negotiations. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom explains why Santa Claus is facing a Democratic firing squad.
Thom Hartmann on the News - November 28, 2012
When is enough, enough?
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