There are still so many people who are still getting rewarded for either doing nothing or messing things up. Bush, Sarah Palin and now Tony Hayward the BP CEO. There are speculations that he might be replaced by Bob Dudley who is BP`s managing director. There is also an issue with an American running a British company. It has been more than 3 months since the incident that left 11 workers and setting off an oil spill. BP has already spent about US$4 billion and losing many million gallons of oil before they could stop the leak. Fact is BP has yet to pay for the damages and losses which could easily sum up to another tens of billions dollars.

The main issue now is that Tony Hayward is leaving his post. He practically did not do anything to when the oil spill occurred. He was not able to answer any questions being asked by the government or the people. He was irresponsible and worse of all he took vacations when the oil leak situation was not resolved. Guess what he is getting paid about US$17 million in pension money. Once he retires he is going to get about US$600 000 yearly. How much does he makes a year since he became a CEO in BP? Come on make a guess…well it is about US$1.5 million. We also should not forget the money he received from performance bonuses and other benefits. What has happened now? Well BP stocks have reduced greatly and have to pay off a lot of money for damages and lawsuits.

Look at the amount of money he is making while many others suffer at his expense. It is hard to believe that a man of his status has no shame or integrity. A person like Tony Hayward is not going to stop making money. He will probably keep a low profile for a few years, than start something else. Where is justice? The investigations did say that the oil rig is poorly maintained as they decided to cut cost. It was the CEOs` who made such decisions. 11 lives were lost, they can`t bring them back. What is being done? A retirement plan with a yearly pension. Many of us are trying to make ends meet but then there those who can do whatever they want and still make more than they need. So does this mean that “Crime does Pay”…

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