Some candidates seem to be confused as to the difference between corporations and people. I understand the source of this confusion since the law has long regarded corporations as "artificial people." However, corporations are not, "We the People."
Starting with the obvious, corporations do not have to register for the selective service, and even if they did, would have no capacity to give their lives for their country. Corporations do not have the right to vote or to marry.
Corporations exist to serve us, not to rule us. "We the People" were not so fond of the British Empire's elevation of the rights of the East India Company over the rights of the American colonists, nor are we very fond of the current Supreme Court and our House of "Representatives" raising the rights of financial institutions and health insurance companies over ours.
The Preamble to the United States Constitution says, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence [sic],promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Corporations do not share the interests of "We the People". Corporations are obligated by law to act for profit and only for profit. The role of government is to prevent them from becoming monsters that are empowered to control our government and starve our people.
Corporate money has been invested heavily in propaganda designed to convince Americans that corporations are people, so much so that legitimate candidates now feel confident to make that assertion as if it were a matter of undisputed fact.
If elected president, I will ensure that the rights of We the People are always put ahead of the rights of artificial people. Corporations are our Frankenstein, it is our responsibility to prevent them from damaging our communities.
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