Reduce Controls & Penalties on Domestic Oil Drllers

E-Mail to Congress:

EIN News says, "Offshore Accidents Bring Few Penalties From the Feds. In the five years before the Deepwater Horizon exploded, federal investigators documented nearly 200 safety and environmental violations in accidents on platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, describing a stunning array of hazards that resulted in few penalties. (chron.com)"

Nothing wrong with this. The flip side is that if you sock the drillers with a multitude of controls and penalties, they will take their business elsewhere.

Would you rather let the courts handle civil suits against oil drillers or would you rather purchase foreign oil? If the latter, where will you get the money to buy the foreign oil. Print it and increase inflation, because of an unfavorable balance of payments?