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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (64448)	5/8/2008 12:44:17 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543437

This statement means corporations (or unions) have more rights than the individual. No it doesn't. You as an individual can not possible compete with Exxon, for instance, as their money to spend on legislation is unlimited. Money effects legislation, but it isn't like its a simple auction. Other factors besides money effect legislation quite strongly. Also if people don't like Exxon's opinion about some legislation, they can also work in concert against it, and they do so with political groups of all sorts, from the NRA, to environmental groups, to the political parties and organizations associated with or trying to influence the parties, to civil rights organizations, the AARP etc. etc. But even if it was a simple auction, and even if people couldn't hope to work in concert successfully against Exxon, that would only mean that Exxon had more power not more rights.