If Corporations Are People and People Pay Taxes Then...

[Philly]

[Professor]

[Professor]

I'm not sure that I understand the confusion. "Person" is defined differently ALL THE TIME.

For instance, a "person" in the US has a right to vote - provided that this "person" is a US citizen. But, a "person" in the US can also be prohibited from voting - if they are a felon or illegal alien.

"Person" is like "thing". Just because a table is a "thing", doesn't mean that an aardvark also isn't a "thing".

A "person" can be a man or a woman, both of whom have all sorts of different rights from each other (a man is forbidden from entering a women's bathroom, for instance). And, a person can be a corporation, but has different definitions, rights and privileges.

[Indy]

[Philly]

[spacemonkey]

[Dylan]

[Indy]

I don't think anybody's against the idea of a corporation for limited liability purposes; i.e., the business idea behind incorporating.

But somehow we've now stepped way beyond that line where these "people" have far more rights, privileges and financial goodies available to them than actual people. Somehow now for-profits have religious beliefs (?!?!) and even better, corporations now have infinitely more political influence than actual "people" could ever hope to have.

I don't really think this is what the founding fathers had in mind when they set up this country. For the corporations and by the corporations.

Oh and then there's that whole two sets of laws thingy--where they can do anything this "person" never goes to jail. Whether it be Wall St., fracking companies literally outlawing people warning citizens of the dangers, or of course the totally transparent attempts to thwart our moving to clean energy sources, which is a perfect example of an action that literally benefits no citizen except the "person" that is that corporation.

As the line goes, gov't is supposed to protect us from special interests. Now gov't shields them from us.

So you really think that's what this country was built on, any of you?

[Professor]

[The Comrade]