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Mitt Romney says corporations are people. Ok, time for a "three strikes" law for Wall St.
by gallerytungsten 15y ago
Mitt Romney says corporations are people. Ok, time for a "three strikes" law for Wall St.
- Toady 15y agoThe law says corporations are people; it's called corporate personhood. It doesn't apply in all cases, but it does confer to them many rights that an individual is considered to have.
- Roboprog 15y agoPerhaps if more of them received the death penalty, it would make the ones obeying laws look better???
- paulhauggis 15y agoAs long as you also include labor unions. Many people want laws that only effect corporations, when labor unions are pretty much the same thing, have just as much power, and can be just as corrupt.
- drumdance 15y agoI'll grant unions are very corrupt, but there's no way I believe they have just as much power. I'll believe that when top execs at labor unions pull in as much money as public company CEOs.
- anamax 15y ago> there's no way I believe they have just as much power. I'll believe that when top execs at labor unions pull in as much money as public company CEOs. It seems silly to equate organization "power" with "how much does the top guy make". For example, Obama makes less than the president of GM. (Heck - Obama makes less than the president of the UAW.)
- rdl 15y agoWhile I agree that corporations have a lot more money than unions, the presidents of many large unions make about as much in cash compensation (vs. equity) as most small to medium public company CEOs -- $200-500k.