The Great Vermont Uprising Against Corporate Personhood

[Renew Deal]

Vermonters went to their town meetings this week to settle questions about dump fees, snowplowing contracts and utility meters.

They also decided to take on the corrupt campaign system that is steering the republic toward catastrophe.
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By Thursday morning, sixty-four towns reported they had moved to amend the US Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizen’s United ruling—as well as the false construct that says, in the words of Mitt Romney, “corporations are people, my friend.”
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And it is not just liberals who are saying that corporations are not people.

“Support for the resolution cut across party lines. Six towns in Republican districts and 13 cities and towns that have sent both Democrats and Republicans to the state Legislature voted for the resolution by wide margins,” says Aquene Freechild, the senior organizer with Public Citizen’s Democracy Is For People Campaign. “This bipartisan opposition to the Citizens United ruling mirrors several nationwide polls on the issue.”
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http://www.thenation.com/blog/166685/great-vermont-uprising-against-corporate-personhood

[LiberalEsto]

1. That's awesome!

I hope this spreads around the U.S.

[Little Star]

2. I hope other states follow Vermont's lead and rise up! k&r