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Playinghardball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 01:01 PM Original message |
Ron Paul rebukes Romney: Corporations are not people |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. The U.S. was already so individualist that it had no legal concept for a corporate entity. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yet Paul would do everything he could to further enable corporations. |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Really |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yes, the "personhood" of an individual is obviously inferior to the personhood of a corporation |
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CelticThunder (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. But zygotes are! |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. He's right. People are people... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. they are a special class of humans. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. A corporation is a legal fiction |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. a liability shield, the veil of which can be peirced...iow, corporate formalities are a mask |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ron Paul |
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