If corporations are people, does that mean they can run for public office? We’ll find out soon enough. The p.r. firm Murray Hill Inc., has announced through its ”designated person,” Eric Hensal, its intention to run as the Republican candidate in this year’s election against Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.). Under the banner, “Corporations are people too!”, Hensal rallied with Public Citizen on that cold, rainy day in Annapolis, Md., for a constitutional amendment and legislative action to fix damage the Supreme Court did in its Citizens United v. FEC decision.
Listen to the latest interview with Hensal on his tongue-in-cheek campaign for corporate representation on NPR.org, and spread the word about our campaign to get corporate money out of politics.
Diane H Fabian
Unrestrained corporate power has greatly damaged and weakened this country. Curbing corporate power is an immediate national security concern.
April 3, 2010 at 7:02 am
Robert Peters
I’ve long held the belief that a Constitutional amendment is needed to put a stop to the atrocity that is “corporate person-hood.”
My approach is to have it define a “person” for all legal purposes as an individual homo-sapien, state that legal entities other than persons are only entitled to those rights necessary to fulfill their purposes for existence, and that in the event of a conflict, the rights of a person shall supersede those of any other legal entity.
Any less than this will fail to curb the power wielded by corporations. And from 30 years of deregulation, we can see clearly that a government which fails to govern the corporate sector will itself be governed by the corporate sector to the detriment of the populus.
April 3, 2010 at 8:00 am
gloriana casey
“The ‘Divine Right’ of Corporations”
Virtual Person of the world,
WE need to bend your ear!
While King George once, he ruled the world,
THAT kingdom now is HERE!
So while HE quartered soldiers FREE
And ate up all the food,
As corporations act the same,
We grow in evil mood.
Your powers gathered like a KING,
Corporation folly!
So what’s your party to be called?
Corporation jolly?
Will it be Greed or Avarice?
But something simple too.
We need to keep our radar up
To beat the likes of you!
You’ll fund the politics YOU want,
What voice is left to US?
Supreme Court is your taking point.
So sad and so UNJUST!
The Bill of Rights, you gobble up,
Your mouth will gansh and gorge,
Your “party” acting like a KING?
Of course, we’ll call you GEORGE!
April 3, 2010 at 10:43 am
jack Haesly
This message is my formal announcement due to the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court, I will be forming a new Delaware Corporation for the express purpose of running and securing a Texas seat in the United States Congress.
After winning the corporate seat, which should almost be a guarantee to the highest bidder, the coproration will submit and collect earmark funding to Congress for all corporate pet projects, whatever and where ever they may be.
The corpoartion also wants to insure Congressional health care coverage for all individuals associated with the corporate charter therein.
As a condition to forming and financing the initial incorporation and start up, there will be a corpoarte naming contest conducted via the internet to cover the various incorporation fees and charges. Anyone that submits $100 or more gets one vote. A submission of $1000 is entitled to ten votes and so on. if you are really loaded and want to stack the deck in Congress, now is your golden opportunity to do that, and I mean that literally.
If interested in monopolizing our goverment in the next lawful election interested parties should respond to my email and I direct you to our registered contest bank where your voting money can be deposited and naming rights votes will be tallied.
As an added avantage, anyone submitting $100,000 or more automatically becomes a member of the new corporate Board of Directors. Once on the board, the board members collectively will have the option of determining what progarms and earmarks will be supported to Congress in order to maximize corporate profits.
Further, board members will have the added benefit of setting their own salaries so that voting contributions can be recouped in the first few years of operation.
Further, at some point in time, the corporation will apply for ex post facto non-profit status so that all contributing voters can deduct their contributions to the corporation from their federal taxes.
April 3, 2010 at 12:41 pm