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Forum Post: Number One Demand

Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 8, 2011, 10:55 a.m. EST by bobroot66 (0)
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People are waiting for definitive demands of this movement. IMHO the number one demand should be for a Constitutional Amendment stating that corporations DO NOT have equivalent "rights" as citizens. I am not a lawyer but many localities have passed similar legislative acts. We need the best constutional lawyers to draft the best language that allows for democratic organizations to retain rights (i.e., we do not want to ban rights for all organizations such as non-profits, unions, charitable organizations, etc.) while denying such rights to purely profitable entities.

There could be a political battle over allowing such things as free speech rights to unions, etc. while denying it to corporations. Corporations could still have access to lobbying through non-profit business collectives, which might be reasonable, while denying such rights to purely profit making corporations.

Until this is enacted this country will continue to be ruled by "a government of the corporation, by the corporation, and for the corporation."

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[-] 1 points by Cocreator (306) 13 years ago

Accountability

[-] 1 points by lisa (425) 13 years ago

www.the99declaration.org

[-] 0 points by jayp74 (195) 13 years ago

To use "democratic organization" and "union" in the same sentence is a joke. Wake up. Unions, and especially their bosses, are as power-hungry as any corporate executive. And, like corporations, unions are all about money.