Corporations Are People

[ragincaucasian]

meanwhile in Iowa.....


0:55 for the money shot

 

[YMIHERE]

Okay. That means we can executed some of them for crimes against humanity.

 

[MrZiggles]

They're made up of people. Yes. Are you really starting a thread over semantics?

 

[KillTheIndustry]

Maybe I misunderstood, but doesn't he also talk about taxing the wealthy? That would mean taxing the people (and they are people, I don't know what you think they are) of those big corporations.

I guess I'm not understanding what's wrong with what he said. :dunno:

 

[meesterperfect]

And all this time I thought it was Soylent Green.

 

[ragincaucasian]

not semantics, but more like illustrating that its more of the "haves" and "have nots" that are what is screwing us all over....




Lots of candidates in 2012, but the American people are going to be the clear cut losers
If you don't see anything wrong with what this candidate said here, then don't be surprised if you end up like the current Verizon labor force in a few years

 

[John_8581]

And all this time I thought it was Soylent Green.

Hehe. ... Charlton Heston rep!! :thumbsup:

 

[Njosnavelin]

Man makes systems.....Then the systems rule man.

 

[KillTheIndustry]

not semantics, but more like illustrating that its more of the "haves" and "have nots" that are what is screwing us all over....


Lots of candidates in 2012, but the American people are going to be the clear cut losers
If you don't see anything wrong with what this candidate said here, then don't be surprised if you end up like the current Verizon labor force in a few years

Man, what's with these people yelling in anger? Fuck.

Anyway, yeah, that video definitely had a different message. He talks about keeping promises, then what it would take to keep those promises, and then says he's not going to do that... So... What are you going to do?

 

[ragincaucasian]

yeah whats with the people yelling in anger!? (/turn on any cable new or AM radio program)


three consecutive generations took more out of social security than they ever paid in, now this generation of workers is being blamed for "not paying their fair share." Bullshit. They elected politicians who made promises that were too good to keep. Don't blame us for being the ones that broke them. The fact is, the social security trust fund belongs to dead people. They are the ones that cleaned all the money out of it and replaced it with bounced checks made out to their kids.

 

[KillTheIndustry]

yeah whats with the people yelling in anger!? (/turn on any cable new or AM radio program)

That doesn't make it okay. I've heard discussions turn angry, but these people seem to be blaming Romney for something. There was nothing wrong with the question, but did they come to his rally just to scream at him? People like that are in-person trolls.

I guess I just prefer watching and listening to more civilized debates. I don't watch cable news, or listen to opinionated radio hosts. I just read and listen to the facts and form the opinions myself.

 

[ragincaucasian]

i agree - i just suppose these folks are fed up with more bullshit from every politician

 

[Will E Worm]

A corporation is a legal entity.

0:55 for the money shot

Romney is not a Republican. He's part of the GOP Party.

 

[KillTheIndustry]

i agree - i just suppose these folks are fed up with more bullshit from every politician

Yeah, I'm pretty pissed off at all politicians at this point. I honestly don't know of anyone that I want to be president in 2012.

 

[meesterperfect]

As some of you know I may lean slightly to the right at times.........but this guy Romney is a Joke.
I've known that since..........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loS-Wdfaa7k

 

[PlumpRump]

According to US Case Law, corporations are people, and have been viewed as such since the late 1800's.

The laws of the United States hold that a legal entity (like a corporation or non-profit organization) shall be treated under the law as a person except when otherwise noted. This rule of construction is specified in 1 U.S.C. §1 (United States Code),[15] which states:

In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise-- the words "person" and "whoever" include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals;​

This federal statute has many consequences. For example, a corporation is allowed to own property and enter contracts. It can also sue and be sued and held liable under both civil and criminal law. As well, because the corporation is legally considered the "person," individual shareholders are not legally responsible for the corporation's debts and damages beyond their investment in the corporation. Similarly, individual employees, managers, and directors are liable for their own malfeasance or lawbreaking while acting on behalf of the corporation, but are not generally liable for the corporation's actions. Among the most frequently discussed and controversial consequences of corporate personhood in the United States is the extension of a limited subset of the same constitutional rights.
Corporations as legal entities have always been able to perform commercial activities, similar to a person acting as a sole proprietor, such as entering into a contract or owning property. Therefore corporations have always had a 'legal personality' for the purposes of conducting business while shielding individual stockholders from personal liability (i.e., protecting personal assets which were not invested in the corporation).
The stronger concept of corporate personhood, in which (for example) First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights have been asserted by corporations, is often traced to the 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad (118 U.S. 394). In that case, before oral argument took place, writing a summary of the decision in a headnote to the Court's opinion, court reporter Bancroft Davis stated:

"The court does not wish to hear argument on the question whether the provision in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which forbids a State to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, applies to these corporations. We are all of the opinion that it does."[16]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood

 

[bustybbwlover]

...so why should it be? they and i should get along so awfully

 

[Artists]

Corporations are people, yes, lol.

meanwhile in Iowa.....


0:55 for the money shot

 

[LukeEl]

Like Depeche Mode said "Corporations are people so why should it be."