TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

The Obama administration will try to force BP to pay for the salaries of workers who lose their jobs as a result of the administration’s deepwater exploratory drilling ban:

Earlier on Wednesday, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a Senate hearing he would ask BP to repay the salaries of any workers laid off because of the six-month moratorium on deepwater exploratory drilling imposed by the U.S. government after the spill.

BP is responsible for the environmental and economic damage caused by their negligence (and, from what I can tell, absolute stupidity), and should pay for it. But the deepwater exploration ban is this administration’s choice, and has nothing to do with BP.

The Obama administration is attempting to use (justified) public anger against BP to force them to cover the effects of their own policy. This is so monumentally immoral I’m not sure what to say. How they manage to continually top themselves is beyond me. It’s a talent, really.