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tclambert

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12. If corporations are people, shouldn't they have the right to vote?

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 07:51 AM

Dec 2011

CEOs get to vote twice, once for themselves, and once on behalf of the corporate "person." If I can afford to create many, many corporations shouldn't I get to vote many, many times?

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Vermont Introduces Resolution to Amend US Constitution, Ban Corporate Personhood [View all] Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 OP

This is a good step but Vermont and other states should go further by calling jerseyjack Dec 2011 #1

How many times must it be repeated that a new CC is a bad idea? Initech Dec 2011 #16

Your link is dead. n/t dogknob Dec 2011 #2

Several of the libmom74 Dec 2011 #3

I find that if I visit an "Occupy" site to read about what is going on, truedelphi Dec 2011 #7

k&r n/t RainDog Dec 2011 #4

LINK WORKS FINE: freshwest Dec 2011 #5

Updates? This is almost a year old. Ruby the Liberal Dec 2011 #6

Blast, didn't see that. No, sorry, I know no more off the top of my head. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #8

Well, I wish them well. Ruby the Liberal Dec 2011 #10

Referred to a committee; seems stuck there muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #13

And if I had my way 47of74 Dec 2011 #9

we should end corporate personhood right away limpyhobbler Dec 2011 #11

If corporations are people, shouldn't they have the right to vote? tclambert Dec 2011 #12

They vote multiple times already. One dollar = one vote. nt Lucky Luciano Dec 2011 #15

Corporations can NOT be people ... at least not until Texas executes one of them 66 dmhlt Dec 2011 #14

The time has come for a Constitutional Convention. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #17