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Midwest_Doc (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 06:34 PM Original message |
A Modest Proposal: Corporations Should No Longer Exist |
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mslawstudent (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. I disagree |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Good points. |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Two points |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 07:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Treating a corporation just like a person is ridiculous though. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Corporate Personhood Needs to Go! |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. In a way, abolishing corporate personhood |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 01:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. How might we address the doctrine of corporate personhood? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. They permit the rapid accumulation of large amounts of capital |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Outlaw corporate ownership of corporations - property owning property. |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Those are some interesting ideas. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 01:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. The logic is actually simpler than that |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. You are better off trying to push change through Congress |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. With the way our representatives are beholden to these |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Since I regard corporate 'personhood' an abomination, ... |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. Corporations are a valuable and powerful tool. |
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Joy Anne (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. may be gone soon |
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mb7588a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. maybe get rid of retail corporations? |
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Dunedain (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. I disagree |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. No I think the problem is what they've been able |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. Corporations are the magic genie out of the bottle |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. we'd have to come up with new ways to handle |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Corporations could...have their charters removed if the state..." |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. How about simply returning to the original concept of the corporation? |
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