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To: Restorer
If you agree with his goals, maybe you can explain what he means by this?

A nation in which corporations have no personhood and are limited in both the period of their existence and the scope of their business.

7 posted on 01/09/2003 10:57:38 AM PST by DManA
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To: DManA
It could be argued that individuals die and are subjected to death taxes, while lawyer-created corporations can live forever. It doesn't seem right that real persons should be at a disadvantage to artificial 'persons'.

You must admit, corporations have been an essential component of every totalitarian regime of the last 100 years.

With the possible exception of Cambodia under Pol Pot.
22 posted on 01/09/2003 11:09:06 AM PST by headsonpikes
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To: DManA
Usually this means they are anti-corporation, specifically the legal fiction that corporations are persons. To some extent I agree with this, since it makes it difficult to prosecute corporate officials for conspiracy, unless they are dumb enough to conspire with somebody not an employee.

But it's usually just an attempt to knock down the power and influence of corporations. Not a bad goal, in itself, except that large corporations have been the driving force behind most of our prosperity. Damaging their ability to function would have significant economic side-effects.

I said I agreed with most of his goals. :)

23 posted on 01/09/2003 11:09:15 AM PST by Restorer
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