I didn't know Barack was a made man?

Andrew

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“...corporations and those who run them cannot stop exploiting resources and amassing wealth until they have... .I cannot finish this sentence, because the truth is that can never stop; like cancer, they can only continue to expand until they kill the host.”

-- Derrick Jensen

they never put a made man in office.

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Socialism doesn't create a rising tide that lifts all boats. It drains the lake and teaches the boat riders not to help themselves by rowing.

Jesus loves you, allah wants you dead

"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others."

Ayn Rand

According to my friend from Chicago, Obama is Oprah-inc.

"Bank Holding Company", there's the key. Get the Fed to finance your campaign.

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ---P. J. O'Rourke

Holy crap! Good idea... I'll make sure to throw you a kickback contract, keep up the good work!

I was throwing this idea back and forth in my mind, I even started writing a thread a few days ago but changed my mind. Citizenship is required, with a birth certificate or citizenship documentation to prove it. However the argument can be made that a corporation's initial filing to become incorporated could be proof as birth of a person.

A new corporation could not do this, as it would need to be 25-35 years old depending on the office.

So, you would need to buy a company with more than 25 years of incorporation history to enable it to run for office. But yes, I think it is completely possible.


Also, I think it should be done. For one, other corporations might step into the fray and either defend it, or try to fight it. If they defend it, they will pour money into the legal defense to argue that the corporations have the right to run for office, making the case much larger than it would otherwise be. They would also push for coverage. However, I doubt executives are this stupid. If they fight it, then one can easily make the argument, why are they so against it? If corporations are so great and so American, why would it be bad for a corporation to hold office? It would bring to light the actual problem in the country which is spreading around the world, the fact that we are a Corporatocracy, and no longer a democracy. Maybe then people will get mad enough to actually do something about it.

Well, if a Corporation can run for the Presidency, could it also pick another Corporation as its running mate?

And could this Corporation also appoint other Corporations to positions in the Cabinet, such as secretary of state, treasury, labor, energy, etc., etc.?

And would a Corporations stock dramatically rise in value due to an anticipated victory in elections or confidence once in office?

Do you have a link for that?

A corporation is an ENTITY separate from the people that formed it. And an entity is not necessarily a person.

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I'm tempted to say corporations don't have the same freedom of speech that individuals have, based upon the fact that the Marlboro Man no longer graces our tv's. But, I don't think an individual stockholder in Alteria could advertise cigarettes even if they wanted to. There's no doubt corporations' freedom of speech is limited by ad laws, but so are individual speech rights to some extent.

The Supremes have ruled that corporation political contributions are limited to "soft money" and per kind spending. Yet, corporations hold informal fund raisers for political campaigns all the time, and have PAC's.

So, corporations aren't exactly the same as individuals as far as law is concerned.

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ---P. J. O'Rourke

Lobbying is covered under the first amendment. Political donation caps have been enforced and reversed under the first amendment. Corporations regularly fight EPA and OSHA searches as well as any other type of search and or seizure under the fourth amendment right, and win.

Corporations are granted the rights of people on a regular basis, it happens.

Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Actually, if corporations are granted protection under the 14th amendment, they can run for office.

Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No, they can't, nor can a husband and wife be elected to the same office (at the same time).

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ---P. J. O'Rourke

The wording of the 14th is "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside....." and they HAVE been granted protection.

The requirements for running for president is:

be a natural born citizen of the United States;
be at least thirty-five years old;
have been a permanent resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.

I'm sure it would at least make it to the Supreme Court, therefore making headlines and bringing light to the farce that is corporate personhood.

perhaps a corporation is seen as a group of people, and groups of people have rights, but senate seats go to 'one' person.

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