Matthew Lee and Eileen Sullivan of the Associated Press wrote a story with the headline, “Cleanup Aid from Overseas Comes with a Price Tag,” lamenting about the cost that comes with foreign assistance to clean up the Gulf oil spill. They say, “The State Department confirmed that nearly every offer of equipment or expertise from a foreign government since the April 20 oil rig explosion would require the U.S. to reimburse that country.”

Of course they do. Under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act, the party responsible for the spill is also responsible for all the direct … Continue Reading