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Huey » 10 May 2014 9:39 am » wrote:
It goes back to the exchange between cannon and I. Repeal the 17th, re-instate Glass Steagall, set term limits.

None of that magically makes the main street economy, and the wall street economy that preys on it, the same type of economy. They are not. One is a highly persecuted free enterprise economy, and the other is highly protected, rewarded, privileged capitalist economy - very, very different beasts. One creates jobs in America, the other eliminates them. One relies on American resources, the other ships American resources to OTHER job markets.

And your pretense that publicly traded companies - owned by thousands and thousands of diverse individuals - HAVE "beliefs" and a "right" to espouse them is utter poppycock. It's sillyness and asininity. Seriously, it's immature. A ten year old understands that thousands of random people don't have the same politics.

Moreover, these are entities that have perpetual life, no citizenship duties whatsoever, and no conscience. Indeed, if a CEO DID display conscience to the financial detriment of share holders, he would be in violation of his fiduciary obligations - which do NOT include exercising a human conscience. To pretend they're "just a buncha folks, wantin' to speak as one" isbathroom gay. They are corporate interests looking to buy American elections. Fictional creatures have no rights - People do. Chairs, couches, house pets. corporations - these are THINGS, with NO rights whatsoever - under our Constitution. Only corrupt minds which despise truth would say otherwise - hence CU.