Persons Declare Corporatehood

The GOP now has a proposal floating around the Congressional toilet ... and this stroke of genius will eliminate corporate taxes.... But…if corporations are 'people,' and I, too, fall into the general category of 'people,' does that mean I will not have to pay taxes? Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by David Agnew - Sep 18, 2011 - 10:07 AM PDT
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Edited by: David Agnew - Sep 18, 2011 - 10:17 AM PDT

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Walter Cox
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by Walter Cox - Sep. 18, 2011

An ideological rant that has no journalistic merit. Even that might be forgiven if it were more humorous and stuck to the facts; it doesn't.

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David Agnew
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by David Agnew - Sep. 18, 2011

This article is an example of the growing awareness of corporate constitutional rights, "corporate personhood" under the 14th Amendment, as interpreted by modern Supreme Court decisions. It also highlights a few of the many ways that corporations are supported by the taxpayer.

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Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Sep. 18, 2011

And if corporations are persons, then persons are corporations. Right? It’s time “we the people” began demanding the same rights as those corporate ... More »

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