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Tue 2 Feb, 2010 07:02 pm
http://www.alternet.org/economy/145441/10_ways_to_stop_corporate_dominance_of_politics
1. Amend the U.S. Constitution to declare that corporations are not persons and do not have the rights of human beings. Since the First Amendment case for corporate spending as a free speech right rests on corporations being considered “persons,” the proposed amendment would strike at the core of the ruling’s justification. The push for the 28th Amendment is coming from the grassroots, where a prairie fire is catching on from groups such as Public Citizen, Voter Action, and the Campaign to Legalize Democracy.
2. Require shareholders to approve political spending by their corporations. Public Citizen and the Brennan Center for Justice are among the groups advocating this measure, and some members of Congress appear interested. Britain has required such shareholder approval since 2000.
http://www.alternet.org/economy/145441/10_ways_to_stop_corporate_dominance_of_politics
@Amigo,
That is the most sensible thing I read today!
@tsarstepan,
wait, have you read all my posts
@Amigo,
This is the second most sensible thing I read today!
You're on a political roll
Amigo!
Could you still file suit against a corporation if it were not a legal person?
@OmSigDAVID,
collecting votes in the graveyard is even better
A CORPSE SHOULD GET TO VOTE
@OmSigDAVID,
Is clean water and breathable air good?
@djjd62,
djjd62 wrote:collecting votes in the graveyard is even better
A CORPSE SHOULD GET TO VOTE
THAY "
elected" John Kennedy in 1960 (Texas)
3. Pass the Fair Elections Now Act, which provides federal financing for Congressional elections. This measure has the backing of organizations representing millions of Americans, including Moveon.org, the NAACP, the Service Employees International Union, and the League of Young Voters. Interestingly, the heads of a number of major corporations have also signed on, including those of Ben & Jerry’s, Hasbro, Crate & Barrel, and the former head of Delta Airlines.
@Amigo,
The irony is that many of these "grassroots" organizations that are supporting this would have no say in politics at all if the amendment were to actually pass.
@Amigo,
Because many of them are registered and incorporated, as tax free entities, but they are still corporations.
@mysteryman,
Then well make these two different things, legally, two different things.
BAMM!!! next clown.
4. Give qualified candidates equal amounts of free broadcast air time for political messages. This would limit the advantages of paid advertisements in reaching the public through television where most political spending goes.
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