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To: Lane3 who wrote (129158)	1/24/2010 1:40:23 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542002

If you multiply the "voices" by the number of corporations, and the fact that you could incorporate to have another voice, I'd say it's a pretty substantial problem. We will not agree on this. People are living and breathing organisms. They are not corporations. And neither in practice nor in principle is it a good idea to confuse the two. IMO

To: Lane3 who wrote (129158)	1/24/2010 5:14:13 PM
From: Jeff Hayden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542002

U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater in 1958: '...remind me of an old Arabian proverb: "If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow."' Well corporations got their nose under the personhood tent years ago, and now the whole body is there, along with the huge sums of money they are allowed to contribute to politicians. What is the solution? Add an amendment to the Constitution that states only living human citizens of the United States can vote and/or contribute to the politicians.