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Honeycombe8

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12. Oh, no. What the hell is going on in this country? This scares more than many other things I've

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 09:03 PM

Feb 2013

heard. True, complete takeover by corporations. They are after our votes (of course we saw that in the last election, when they tried to deprive millions of citizens of their right to vote by taking away polling places, reducing poll hours, causing citizens to stand in line for hours).

I gotta admit....I'm scared.

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Not A Joke Or A Protest – This Republican Actually Wants To Grant Corporations The Right To Vote [View all] ashling Feb 2013 OP

if a corporation has the right to vote, can it be drafted to go fight for its country? putitinD Feb 2013 #1

The Corporate Right To Vote Goes Back To The Concept When Only Property Owners Were Allowed Vote. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #2

remember that corporations can "breed" far more readily than humans unblock Feb 2013 #3

Death penalty for corporations...? Bigmack Feb 2013 #4

Good. I propose we also make them eligible to be convicted of crimes, and given capital punishment! reformist2 Feb 2013 #5

INteresting since 2naSalit Feb 2013 #6

I wonder if this applies to foreign corporations that own property in Montana arcane1 Feb 2013 #7

As long as investors in corporations could NOT vote that would be fine cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #8

Who would decide how the corporation votes? MyshkinCommaPrince Feb 2013 #9

What's next? Let corporations run for public office? If elected, who SDjack Feb 2013 #10

If a corporation is a person, then- one corporation = one vote. stlsaxman Feb 2013 #11

Oh, no. What the hell is going on in this country? This scares more than many other things I've Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #12

Representation Tsiyu Feb 2013 #13