Then shouldn't corporations which commit murder be subject to the death penalty?*
Let's see Halliburton and Blackwater on trial right now. How about Union Carbide, for that Bhopal thing a couple decades back? Pretty much any corporation profiting from Iraq or Afghanistan. MonSatan could go on trial from anyone who became ill due to mutant corn and its poisonous liquid byproduct HFCS. This might be the best way to get rid of the worst corporations - execute the bastards!
*DISCLAIMER: I am neither advocating nor condemning the existence of capital punishment here, so please no threadjacking to make it a debate on that issue.
4. prison, at least. They should also pay taxes. In the 50;s, they paid 33% of
taxes. Today, it's around 6%. May as well get rid of all corporate income tax. If they aren't gonna pay anyway, at least we wouldn't have to hear that bullshit about how American craporations pay the highest taxes in the world. That is a farce.
I remember something from law school about it - organized crime could just form a corporation and get away with crimes, so it was somehow possible to charge them with one.
25. In those cases, they charge the individuals, not the corporation.
Edited on Thu Jan-21-10 08:42 PM by TexasObserver
Holding a corporate office is no shield from prosecution for one's criminal acts. The law holds such officers criminally responsible for their criminals acts, and gives them no cover by virtue of their corporate office.
and they need to be completely disbanded. Instead if they get any penalty its just a small (to them) fine and considered part of the cost of doing business.
20. I don't think anyone is going to confuse a mom and pop business with a huge corporation.
The independently owned convenience store two blocks down the street might charge me $3.00 for a burrito and $1.50 for a bottle of Coke, but they aren't funding mass murder in Afghanistan. I think everybody knows the difference.
Though as an attorney I feel I should point out that even if real individuals had been responsible for the things you mentioned at top, none of them would be capital offenses. Death penalty for people pretty much requires first-degree intentional homicide; negligent homicide or even depraved indifference is not usually enough.
24. And why aren't they subject to the same contribution limits that we the people are?
That would be $2,400 per corporation. Although I wouldn't like it, at least that wouldn't be so bad. But I don't think there is any limits on corporate giving right now. Ugh.
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