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Shouldn't We ALL Just Incorporate? (Original Post)
AzDar
Jun 2014
OP
Yup, that will give you the benefits of an individual plus prevent you from personally being sued.
lostincalifornia
Jun 2014
#2
You missed the wealth and connection requirement. Rich companies get more rights.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#5
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)1. Well . . . aren't we? At least in regards to this decision?
I mean there is no mandate that requires individual citizens to buy contraceptives, is there?
Bryant
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)2. Yup, that will give you the benefits of an individual plus prevent you from personally being sued.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)3. Makes sense, if corporations have more rights than citizens.
TlalocW
(15,380 posts)4. I've often wanted to hire a good tax lawyer
And tell him, treat me like as if I'm a corporation and see what tax breaks, incentives, etc. I could get. Because if the SC ruling basically says Corporations are People then People must be Corporations, and I'd gladly become a test case for that, but I'm sure I'm missing something obvious that would make the whole exercise futile.
TlalocW
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)6. Jiving expenses would become business expenses.
TheKentuckian
(25,023 posts)5. You missed the wealth and connection requirement. Rich companies get more rights.
Those with connections to the big club get rights. The rest get hollowed out by vultures.