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CrispyQ

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Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 05:07 PM

Jul 2013

But for every large corporation that uses its Goliath-like “personhood” to muscle government and law enforcement into doing its bidding, there are a dozen tiny little spun-off shells expressly created to act as sacrificial lambs when the bodies and lawsuits start piling up, and it looks as though this railroad is one of them.

Yes to the death penalty.

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Corporate personhood vanishes into thin air when the shit hits the fan [View all] HiPointDem Jul 2013 OP

It's another case of how the law is being made to be selective and quasi-legal Hydra Jul 2013 #1

k/r marmar Jul 2013 #2

k&r cali Jul 2013 #3

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Jul 2013 #4

Yes, that truth is particularly depressing and disturbing. ananda Jul 2013 #29

Quite. And a bonus kick. n/t Laelth Jul 2013 #30

Crime by any other name. felix_numinous Jul 2013 #5

K&R. silvershadow Jul 2013 #6

K&R abelenkpe Jul 2013 #7

kick/rec nt limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #8

I just clipped and pasted the paragraph starting tiredtoo Jul 2013 #9

Just added link to firedoglake site. no text tiredtoo Jul 2013 #10

Yes, but if you read down the thread, you find out an FDL poster called the OP on that point merrily Jul 2013 #33

give profits to the private sector and make risk the responsibility of the public sector. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #11

Kick and Rec! Fuddnik Jul 2013 #12

K&R and fuck the Supremes pscot Jul 2013 #13

K&R Rebellious Republican Jul 2013 #14

Nailed it. ctsnowman Jul 2013 #15

+1 CrispyQ Jul 2013 #16

It's like the hoary concept of a free market. nyquil_man Jul 2013 #17

Death penaltys won't deter them. Only the loss of all of russspeakeasy Jul 2013 #18

Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Jul 2013 #19

although this happened in Canada, onethatcares Jul 2013 #20

I googled but couldn't find any background on this. Do you know what this is all about? pnwmom Jul 2013 #21

Kicking and recommending... love_katz Jul 2013 #22

K&R ReRe Jul 2013 #23

Clear as a bell annabanana Jul 2013 #24

du rec. xchrom Jul 2013 #25

There's a real live breathing person behind that corporation. Autumn Jul 2013 #26

And what can we expect that our "Rockstar" and his ... 99Forever Jul 2013 #27

Until senior executives have some kind of PERSONAL liability, nothing will change. snot Jul 2013 #28

It's called malaise Jul 2013 #31

A way to socialize the losses, while privatizing the profits.... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #32

Our Quebec friends get to join West, Texas as the latest of those screwed by corporations CanonRay Jul 2013 #34

J D Rockefeller, chiefly, brought this abomination about. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #35

. blkmusclmachine Jul 2013 #36

butbutbut wall street needs to be obscene. pansypoo53219 Jul 2013 #37