{"id":43373,"date":"2014-07-06T17:09:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T23:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/06\/people-have-goals-and-aspirations-corporations-are-out-for-profit.html"},"modified":"2014-07-09T20:45:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T02:45:49","slug":"people-have-goals-and-aspirations-corporations-are-out-for-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/06\/people-have-goals-and-aspirations-corporations-are-out-for-profit.html","title":{"rendered":"People have goals and aspirations. Corporations are out for profit"},"content":{"rendered":"
And that is the key problem with the Hobby Lobby<\/i> decision (and Citizens United<\/i> before it). \u00a0<\/p>\n

'Here is the textbook legal definition of a corporation: an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. Why are for-profit corporations set up? The characterization tells us: to make profits. And the corporate charter has multiple benefits that go way beyond those of individuals. There are major tax benefits unavailable to individuals. There are stringent legal protections from liability unavailable to individuals. […]\u00a0But for the majority on the Roberts Court, through a series of rulings that favor corporations over labor or other interests, it is clear that corporations are king, superior to individual Americans\u2014with all the special treatment in taxes and protection from legal liability that are unavailable to us individuals, and now all the extra benefits that come with individual citizenship. Call it the new Crony Capitalism.'<\/i>\ufeff<\/div>\n

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Corporations: Still Not People<\/a>
\n Watching big companies abandoning corporate citizenship shows the flaw in the Supreme Court’s\u00a0Hobby Lobby\u00a0decision.\n <\/p>\n

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And that is the key problem with the Hobby Lobby decision (and Citizens United before it). \u00a0 'Here is the textbook legal definition of a corporation: an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from … Continue reading “People have goals and aspirations. 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