Romney in Iowa: 'Corporations are people'

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  1. ian

    ian New Member

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    But its not my definition, as I have pointed out it is the exact legal definition of what a coroporation is and why it is created, the fact that you choose to ignore this makes you look more than a littel foolish here.

    Im forced into educating your ignorance, not that I wish to.
    I thought I was.
     
  2. Clint Torres

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    Seems lime the morman feel if you make the taxpyers give the rich more money, the rich will spend and invest it in the poor people and everyone will have jobs. I highly doubt this kind of job creating will work in the USA. Republicans and t-baggers have been supporting this tinkle down economics since the regan years and it continues to fail while making the rich more rich and the poor more poor.

    If this is the best job creatiing plan that the simple minds can come up with, than I'll pass on this one like I pass gass. Seems to be a lack of real solutions for fixing the USA's problems, and these relics do not need to continue their same old ideas. If you all think it is just one parties problem or that it is just the black man president's problem than you are the problem. Because, all the relics and incubents are at the core of the problem, and you all pay big taxmoney for them to do a job. And what have they accomplished? Nothing but keeping their jobs, and fooling the stupid taxpayer into voting for them.

    If you don't have the money to looby you politician, someone else will, and you will get nothing. The only influence you have is your vote. Let them know who you are.
     
  3. Clint Torres

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    What the morman is realy saying is, you simple people don't pay me extra money so I side with the corporations who pay me more than you do. So he is going to manipulate the marks that follow his ideas. Why? because the mark is an easy targest and easy to minipulate and make obey. funny to watch people get owned.
     
  4. a777pilot

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    So, "great and might one", show me a corporation that came about without people. Maybe there is a corporation created by the Big Bang? No people involved at all. If so show me.

    I will not hold my breath. I will however, laugh loudly and long.
     
  5. Jet57

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    At least you had an intelligent rebutal.
     
  6. theunbubba

    theunbubba Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Romney gets huge yawns wherever he goes. I have already said that I wouldn't vote for him and will actively campaign against his nomination.
    You will find that most Republicans can't stand the guy.
    He doesn't stand a chance after the winnowing process has had it's way with him.
    Hell, he couldn't even beat Huckabee for distant second last time.
     
  7. Ethereal

    Ethereal Well-Known Member

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    Another progressive myth. Being in a corporation does not give one any special immunity from criminal or civil liability.
     
  8. a777pilot

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    I'm still waiting for TFM to inform me of a corporation that is made up and came into existence with out people.

    Waiting....

    Waiting....
     
  9. theunbubba

    theunbubba Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The thread will be long forgotten before you will get a response to that.
     
  10. Joe Six-pack

    Joe Six-pack Banned

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    You do realize that the Supreme Court protects both "people" and "groups" right? Romney is just paraphrasing what the Supreme Court has ruled on, which is that the people who make up a corporation are recognized as having constitutional protections as both individuals and as group. I don't necessarily like the ramifications, but Romney is right.
     
  11. Roy L

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    "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire
     
  12. drpepper

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    it's amazing how far these people will go to defend EVERY dumb thing said by GOP candidates.

    I wonder if they have tried to make a wiki site where businesses are people....?


    cars are people too then....

    hilarious
     
  13. siddhartha

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    I'm very happy that Romney has chosen to become the spokesperson for corporate personhood. Brilliant political move. LOL!
     
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    So....you think because a corporation is made up of people, it gives it the rights of an individual?
     
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    Of course corporations and businesses are 'PEOPLE'. Its the 'PEOPLE' that fuel our economic engine via capitalism. You're just jealous because you can't call your surrogate babysitter i.e. our government ....'people', because the 'PEOPLE' of America have no control over the disatrous spending whims of our government led by obama the chief socialist himself. Wake up pal by first giving an apology to Mitt, and then turn your anti American mindset to the good by joining in with the Tea Party. Who knows, in time you may even learn about obama our most destructive president by actually placing a huge 'R' next to your name when you go to the booth to vote for the Mittster next November along with the majority of American voters.
     
  16. drpepper

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    the they can be taxed.

    the far right has failed again and will take this defense too far like they did with Paul Revere and will be ridiculed once more.

    Hilarious.
     
  17. Consmike

    Consmike New Member Past Donor

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    You can say whatever you like.
     
  18. Consmike

    Consmike New Member Past Donor

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    Owning a car is not a state privilege. A license to drive the car is.
     
  19. highway234

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    you could say the exact same thing about government. let's make government a person. while we're at it, let's make EVERYTHING a person. then everything will have rights, and we'll live in a communist utopia!

    this corporate personhood thing is just a gambit for them to interfere with the democratic process. it's an attempt at a money grab. it's selectively applied, too. when it's about campaign contributions, corporations have first amendment rights to pour money into them to sway the outcome. when it comes to the taxes actual people have to pay, corporations suddenly go back to being faceless bureaucracies.
     
  20. Buzz62

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    Oh give it a rest.
    Do you people have any idea what would happen if corporations were classified as people?
     
  21. drpepper

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    the defenses are going way too far. If the conservatives would have just blown it off it would have been over by now but they go too far.
     
  22. BestViewedWithCable

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    highway234 New Member Past Donor

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    supreme courts are not infallible.
     
  24. ian

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    Nothing in that article which disputes the fact that corporations are legally created entities. Massive fail. Now go sit in the corner.
     
  25. BestViewedWithCable

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    Ignore the Supreme Court??? Lemme know how that works out for ya...

    If you have some kinda point, feel free to make it....
     

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