LOST : season 4 *spoilers*

[GameMaster]

Well, it seems like the Oceanic Six were all given a large sum of money. Maybe it was part of a lawsuit or they were just awarded it for all the distress the plane crash has caused them.

But I'm sure part of the deal is that in exchange for the money, they keep hush about all the dead people in the ocean just being placed there as part of an elaborate staging.

I also think maybe they made some kind of pact with everyone who stays on the island instead of going back home. Cause I know Sawyer and Locke don't want to go back.

So if Jack and the other five tell the world they were the only ones that survived, no one will go back looking for the people who remain.