When will corporations vote, just like other people?

[Boojatta]

Unlike many ordinary people, who squander money when they are feeling rich and who for some unknown reason are permitted to vote and thereby influence political events, corporations are careful money managers. If you know a person who employs a whole accounting department, then the odds are that the person is a corporation, rather than a featherless biped.

Corporations are skilled in the art of cutting costs. It is sometimes much less expensive to influence the political process and have regulations repealed than to comply with regulations.

In these bad economic times, we should all see the value in saving for a rainy day and praise those corporations that take their financial duties seriously.

[saras]

1. When will priests molest them in childhood and the police beat them for sport?

They've got a long way to go in the suffering department to equal people, and if you think about it, most religions imply, or say directly that suffering leads to wisdom or salvation. It looks like we've got some work to do, and millions of years of hurt to catch up on.

[Jack Sprat]

2. Well, if Romney had his way

and voting precincts could be enlarged to the immensity required for them to pass through the door, I suspect they would. Especially, the large smooth granite insurance giants with the ornate polished columns would find their way to the local precinct taking giant strides with their massive cornerstones. I thought I noticed some voting in the last midterms and before.

[Bigmack]

3. What..? WTF are you talking about!

Did I miss the emoticon..?

"...corporations are careful money managers.."

"...Corporations are skilled in the art of cutting costs."

Have you read anything about how this current clusterfuck came about..?

Does the name AIG mean anything to you..?

How about Bear Stearns...?

Have you looked into Goldman Sachs and their business decisions?

Clean out your headgear... and put down the Ayn Rand book.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Ya bin had.

Loosen your headband a little & let the blood start flowing up there again. This is a riff on corporate personhood.

[Bigmack]

7. (Wiping egg off face..)

Excuses....

1. No emoticon....

2. I tried to click on the name to see how many posts, and nothing came up.

3. I'm kinda on edge... this shit is getting weird. I've been reading shit like the OP - argued seriously - on boards all over the place.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. I know the feeling.

Satire is dead.

It's like Lilly Tomlin said--"No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up."

[lob1]

4. Why vote when it's easier to just buy?

[Gold Metal Flake]

6. It will look something like this...

Rep. Joel Kleefisch

http://www.todaystmj4.com/features/iteam/140096183.html