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In reply to the discussion: Why We Fight. DU, let's agree to agree to get corporations out of government [View all]MineralMan
(146,288 posts)19. My point stands.
The corporation I'm talking about probably donates to political candidates. I don't know to whom. It is typical of the millions of small corporations out there. They vastly outnumber the corporations that you say run government.
It is not the corporate form of business organization that is the problem. The problem is the individual corporations who behave as you describe. They are in the minority of corporations.
The corporate model is simply an organizational model. It has no intrinsic effect on government. Individual corporations might, but not the bulk of corporations, which are more like the one I described.
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Why We Fight. DU, let's agree to agree to get corporations out of government [View all]
ProfessorPlum
Jul 2018
OP
Absolutely correct. Must have public financing of campaigns too to turn the tables.
cpamomfromtexas
Jul 2018
#1
agreed, that's one of the biggest components of getting money out of government.
ProfessorPlum
Jul 2018
#5
Corporate influence on local government is what killed the horrible "bathroom" laws in NC
Recursion
Jul 2018
#6
From posters who joined JPR two years ago. They're back, just in time for midterms.
yardwork
Jul 2018
#37