Do corporations deserve to exist and why?

[hifiguy]

27. They are something of a necessary evil

but my suggestions for curbing the inevitable evils they cause would include

- Renewal of charter every ten years by independent citizen boards. Renewal being granted only where there can be some significant public benefit shown to come from its continued existence.

- Absolute and permanent constitutional clarification that the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution are strictly limited to natural persons. NO MORE corporate personhood.

- Absolute ban on any corporate funds being used to lobby any government at any level or being used in any election contest at any level. As sorporations should not be considered natural persons, enacting such a change would remove this issue from First Amendment concerns.

- No more infinite corporate lifespans for any publicly traded corporation and strict scrutiny of extended lifespans for large private corporations.

- Reinstatement of meaningful corporate income taxes and elimination of tax loopholes to the greatest extent possible.