Summary
A pile of beautiful Gulf shrimp beckoned from the fish counter, and I thought, better buy them soon. Louisiana shrimpers are now trying to grab all they can get before the oil takes over. A lot of pleasure is dying in the Gulf of Mexico but economic activity, too. Only lawyers seem to be prospering as the suits begin to fly.
Why did fisheries and tourism spanning from Texas to the west coast of Florida take second economic billing to the oil drillers? Even the Obama administration wanted to open the eastern Gulf, much of the Atlantic Coast and Alaska's north coast to oil and gas development. Objections from non-energy interests in Florida, Alabama and elsewhere were brushed aside.See the full content of this document
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Shrimpers Had Economic Interest Too
The first answer is that oil is where the bigger bucks are, and not just for private enterprise. The government takes in about $13 billion a yea...
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