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And does not that 'norm' worry you at all? The Supreme Court has declared that corporations have many of the same rights as individuals. We fleshly individual

• iwwr 16y ago
  As a corporation becomes bigger, it becomes a target. If they don't have a lobby team in Washington, they will just be pounded on by other political factors (including other corporations) until they do. See the case of Microsoft, which until the (in)famous DoJ investigation had no lobby team. Afterwards, donations started streaming and their lawyers set up offices in Washington.
• yummyfajitas 16y ago
  The Supreme Court has declared that corporations have many of the same rights as individuals. Assuming you are referring to Citizens United, that is not what the court decided. The court decided that individuals have the right to both peaceably assembly and freedom of speech. In particular, it's not an XOR - the government can't say "because you have peaceably assembled (in corporate or other form), you can no longer speak freely." Citizens United was solely about the right of individuals to speak, and to use their property (corporations) for speech, as well as the right of other individuals to hear all ideas.