Remember Romney said, "Corporations are people"?

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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    brianlux wrote:
    When I hear "Corporations are a group of people", I think-- yeah, but which people? I wonder if when those who say corporations are a group of people do they really mean co-operatives? My small business is a co-operative. Hey, and I'm not even a Marxist! Our co-operative is a group of people who work together on equal footing. And not to promote myself or anything, but I really do think people like us more than corporations!

    And I like what keeponrockin said about Ron Paul being ACTUALLY a conservative and not just one when it's convenient. Old school conservatives actually believe in things like, well, conserving. Not all bad if you know what I mean. And you heard that from a left-leaning kind of guy.
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    Agree with that 'Corporations are people, too' song thing. Kind of a lame argurement
    Can't it be said that ANY group of people with a similar purpose... are people, too? Like the 8-Tray Crips... or Al Qaeda... or the Westboro Baptist Church... or the Tea Party... or the Girl Scouts. All of them are groups of people with a like minded goal or purpose... whether it be Wal-Mart, selling goods or Girl Scouts selling cookies or the Crips selling pot, the "______ are people, too' slogan applies.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    Cosmo wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    When I hear "Corporations are a group of people", I think-- yeah, but which people? I wonder if when those who say corporations are a group of people do they really mean co-operatives? My small business is a co-operative. Hey, and I'm not even a Marxist! Our co-operative is a group of people who work together on equal footing. And not to promote myself or anything, but I really do think people like us more than corporations!

    And I like what keeponrockin said about Ron Paul being ACTUALLY a conservative and not just one when it's convenient. Old school conservatives actually believe in things like, well, conserving. Not all bad if you know what I mean. And you heard that from a left-leaning kind of guy.
    ...
    Agree with that 'Corporations are people, too' song thing. Kind of a lame argurement
    Can't it be said that ANY group of people with a similar purpose... are people, too? Like the 8-Tray Crips... or Al Qaeda... or the Westboro Baptist Church... or the Tea Party... or the Girl Scouts. All of them are groups of people with a like minded goal or purpose... whether it be Wal-Mart, selling goods or Girl Scouts selling cookies or the Crips selling pot, the "______ are people, too' slogan applies.

    Damn, Cosmo, I know their was something behind those phony get ups. The sashes, the badges, the little commie hats. Girl Scouts! Watch out, America!
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    Hey, now before anybody gets upset, I was a Boy Scout. Yeah we had to learn the pledge and god and country and all that, but some of it was great-- learning to make fires, sleeping in the rain, sitting close to the camp fire so no one would notice the cigs cupped in our hands. Beside, Keith Richards was a Boy Scout.

    Ok, back to Mr. Paul...
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • inlet13
    inlet13 Posts: 1,979
    Cosmo wrote:
    inlet13 wrote:
    He meant corporations are made up of people, and in that sense, he's right.
    ...
    Can't the same be said about 'Government'? Isn't Government made up of people, too? Not just politicians (similar to CEOs and executive officers), but regular working stiffs, like secretaries, security officers, park rangers, etc... they are all people... right?


    Yes, they are. And I do think someone could try to draw that line without my contention.
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  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    Ron Paul and Congress could have challenged the Citizen United ruling defining corporations as individuals, by demonstrating that Corporations are nothing more than legal documentation. When Bill Gates votes, he doesn't get to get back in line and sign in as Microsoft and vote. He doesn't get to then vote again as the Bill Gates Foundation. Yet, under Citizen United Bill Gates can give all the money he wants to buy any politician or judge to sponsor legislation or rule in his favor to benefit his Corporate activities without the same limitations imposed on personal donations.

    Ron Paul saying Corporations aren't people doesn't mean shit because he had the opportunity to prove his statement and didn't.
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