Romney in Iowa: 'Corporations are people'

money is now speech...you will never get conservatives on board

 

The Supreme Court ruled that. The Supreme court also ruled that corporations have freedom of speech and can donate as much as they want to candidates.

Obama used to cry about it too, until he found out that Sony was gonna make a movie for him.....

Typical Democrat BS...

 

Until the prices are increased to the point of out sourcing.

This is caused by increased taxation, regulation, employee demands, and materials costs.

Sure, as soon as you admit that the effective tax rate on corporations is zero and it makes absolutely no sense to tax them other than to encourage them to move their production elsewhere.

You agree?

 

Its not something we claim, its just that its fact. Corporations do have rights. And those rights are protected by the government.

 

yay shareholders get to vote....but does anyone care?

 

No its a question.

you get no say to when you want to use the bathroom?
no say as to how you seat on your seat
what you bring for lunch
that you have vacations days?

 

And yours is comical too. If thats what you believe then the gov't are not people either.

Go tell that to your congressmen.

 

I understand... that was a horrible reach for what speech is and is not.

I likely agree with you on this one.

 

as long as we are trying to compete with sweatshop labor that will happen.

This is caused by increased taxation, regulation, employee demands, and materials costs.

so the rest of us should pay for regulating businesses we dont even do business with? that hardly seems reasonable.

 

They are people. Just given a different name. Don't be so blind sighted.

 

And if you lefties want to be treated like people you better get a brain. And then start using it.

 

heres one of the regulations righties want to ease on corporations...you know....so they dont cost us jobs....

 

No! Just a family.

 

First, it is, but any single person has virtually no impact, it's only collectively that we have any effect.

Second, shareholders do get to vote. Never been to a share holder meeting I take it?

Corporations paying taxes is a ridiculous notion anyhow, only individuals ever pay taxes.

 

Comical. Those are your examples of how shareholders have a say in a corporation? Um.....

 

Again, tell that to Cons.

Closed Corporations, no?

Your opinion of course.

 

Individual people can give a maximum of $2500 to a Presidential candidate.

If a corp is a person, why do the same limits not apply?

 

A non-public corporation by definition has no shareholders outside of the owners, I can't tell if you're trying to be intentionally absurd or not.

Not at all, it's a statement of fact. Raising taxes on businesses leads to higher prices on their goods and that burden is eventually borne by individuals.

 

Great question. I know what you're driving at and completely agree.

 

Here's the real story on corporate personhood: it happend in 1886 with Santa Clara county vs Southern Pacific Railroad.

There was an assertion made, followed by a clerical error:
http://www.ratical.org/corporations/SCvSPR1886.html

 

I did enjoy the follow on commentary....

Now who attacks the slave masters of the corporations behalf in court? It would be a fun lawsuit to see happen for sure.

 

Exacty. So not everybody has a say in how it's run.

 

Because a corp is a group of people.

 

We should have never let in the Special Interest, Corporation, Union money into our political system. It was a VERY bad idea.

 

But... Obama's gonna get rid of that right? I'll bet that'll be the very next laser like focus he'll have, right after jobs...
(oh, after he comes off vacation too...)