Reply #4: One of the things people need... [View All]

... to be aware of in this issue is that even the ACLU is defending the free speech (via personhood arguments) of corporations. I've told them that I won't support them in any way as long as they are fighting for equal rights for corporations, and received a dismissive answer.

The Bill of Rights was intended for natural persons, not artificial persons (which is the legal definition of the corporation).

Everyone concerned with this issue, wants to educate themselves on the subject, should read Thom Hartmann's Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights. It's greatly instructive on the history and ramifications of corporations' assertions of rights equal to humans.

And, yes, I agree--the key to getting corporate money out of the political process begins with a complete reassessment of the rights of corporations. But, that requires making law, and the sorry bunch we have in Congress now won't make that redefinition--therefore, the object first must be to get them out.

Cheers.