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napkinz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:26 PM Original message |
If A Corporation Can Be A Person, Then Why Not A Union? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Interesting thought... |
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napkinz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. NGU? |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. google is your friend: non-gonococcal urethritis |
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napkinz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Google is my friend? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Easy: "Sorry, Bing, I've got NGU. You should probably get yourself checked." (nt) |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. ouch |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Never give up. |
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napkinz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Never surrender |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Not ...Gonna... Urinate....? |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Take out the "gonna" and "you" |
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inademv (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Like so many on our side have said already |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. In the context of the USSC decision (Citizen's United), I believe they are. nt |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. They are (according to the USSC decision). I'm not sure why the OP is |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Who said that they weren't? |
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napkinz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Well there is a distinction in the way the two are treated |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Depends on who is doing the "treating". |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. For legal purposes and for campaign finance purposes they are a person. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, the Citizens United case freed both corporations and unions to fund politics as they want. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. All unions are corporations |
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napkinz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. OK, I wasn't aware. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Well, DU is sometimes sloppy about the words "corporate" and "corporation" |
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speltwon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. They already are under the law |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. They are. Just smaller ones with less free speech. |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Less free speech? How so? They are treated exactly the same in the |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You really think they have as much money as the multi-national corporations? |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I looked that up not too long ago and it was pretty close (nt) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. Unions are indistinguishable from corporations in many ways |
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du_da (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. The answer to your question |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. If it is legally organized |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. They're treated the same way under Citizens United, if that's what you're getting at. However, they |
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