Why Corporations are not Persons.

[Maineman]

Corporations exist on paper and in many places at one time.

The sole purpose of a (for profit) corporation is to amass profit and consolidate wealth.

Corporations can live forever.

Corporations have no conscience, they are not human beings.

Corporations have extreme amounts of money with which to influence public policy.

Corporations view humans as a resource to be used or discarded whenever convenient for their goal of making money and consolidating wealth.

Air pollution does not kill corporations.

Water pollution does not kill corporations.

Worthless and harmful foods do not make corporations sick.

Dangerous, harmful medicine does not kill corporations.

Is there corruption in the United States? Absolutely, almost all Republicans and too many Democrats.

Corporate money influencing elections corrupts the democratic process. Corporate money has corrupted the Supreme Court – several of its members.

Government is the problem – if you are a corporation that sells harmful products, pollutes the air and water, endangers its workers, avoids paying taxes, reneges on its promised pensions, cheats its customers, becomes a monopoly, uses false and misleading advertising, promotes war for profit, or markets harmful products to children.

There is potential good news: It is votes that win elections. Dollars need not equate to votes.

[Broderick]

1. You can count many

sub chapter S corporations out of that equation. They are generally set up with a husband wife on the books only and are a small business.

[Maineman]

2. Agreed.

[robcon]

3. Why Corporations are persons

The corporation has very limited liability.

[LiberalFighter]

4. Corporations don't pay taxes.

They let others pay taxes for them. Either the consumers that buy their goods or services or by having taxes shifted to individuals.

[4lbs]

5. I'll support Corporations as "people" when I see corporate executives actually put in jail for

twenty years for the actions of the corporation.

[indypaul]

6. How can a believer in the creation theory

compare corporations to humans and still profess
their belief? Did God or the state create corporations?
Does one compare their own existence to that of a corporation?