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Rex

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2. Tell her she is defending the rights of a corporation to become

Reply to babsbunny (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 04:48 PM

Jul 2012

President of the United States. If she laughs at you, point out that they can now run for office AND one IS trying right now to become POTUS.

See if she laughs at that.

If she does not feel uncomfortable about a faceless corporation being in charge of the USA, then something is wrong with her.

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My Sister defending Corporations as being actual People! Can you help me with a smart response? [View all] babsbunny Jul 2012 OP

Maybe your sister is confused lunatica Jul 2012 #1

Tell her she is defending the rights of a corporation to become Rex Jul 2012 #2

Easy refute: If corporations are people why aren't we arresting and prosecuting them? Initech Jul 2012 #3

^^This!^^ 99Forever Jul 2012 #8

Corporations are creatures of the state. PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #4

President Obama saved the employees as well as the corporation. democrat_patriot Jul 2012 #5

Corporations are more like machines, tools designed to produce profits. Tell her that. reformist2 Jul 2012 #6

The car companies were helped in order to save the jobs of the employees. mmonk Jul 2012 #7

"Is a corporation a person?" is a better question CJCRANE Jul 2012 #9

Corporations are legal entities. JoePhilly Jul 2012 #10

A smart response to that would be to sit down while laughing your head off Scootaloo Jul 2012 #11

Corporations have no heart, emotion, empathy. DearAbby Jul 2012 #12

And they're not entitled to health care under ACA lastlib Jul 2012 #15

Thanks everyone!!!!!! babsbunny Jul 2012 #13

Ask her if she was adopted... n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #14

Ask her why Romney doesn't name Bain as his Solomon Jul 2012 #16

Because GM hires actual people. mzmolly Jul 2012 #17

Tell her that Mom thinks you are the smart one for very good reasons Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #18

yay! babsbunny Jul 2012 #20

Ask her what gender a corporation is demwing Jul 2012 #19

Corporations are legal entities that are used to avoid/limit responsibility. ThomThom Jul 2012 #21

Yeah, corporations are a bunch of people: tabasco Jul 2012 #22

Corporations exist for the sole purpose of making a profit. If profit ceases a corp. ceases to exist Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #23

Surprised that no one has remembered this: (Elizabeth Warren) femmocrat Jul 2012 #24