Hartmann: Corporate personhood...Next up Missoula, MT

Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap (Missoula, MT vote next Tuesday) joins Thom Hartmann. So now that voters in Boulder, Colorado overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that says corporations are not people - where does the movement against corporate personhood go next?

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[420gma]

Respond to this video... I seriously think that We The People can do this! Lets take our country back! And keep it this time!

[americaphuckyeah]

That's why I think it makes more sense to kill two birds with one stone -- pass an amendment that says ONLY CITIZENS can donate funds to campaigns and parties, while establishing that spending money is not protected as speech, just like corporations are not protected as if they were people. We could scrap corporate personhood in the same amendment, or tackle that after we rid the election process of most of its financial corruption.

[americaphuckyeah]

@lmsapadin So, I get that we do need to end Corporate Personhood. This is one huge part of the issue of government corruption -- transnational corporations being able to use money as "speech" and donate as much as they want is a nightmare to say the least. However, if we end corporate personhood through a Constitutional Amendment, doesn't it just put us back to the status quo prior to the Citizens United v. FEC ruling? Yes, it opens the door to campaign finance reform, but no guarantees.

[lmsapadin]

@americaphuckyeah

Once the Constitution says that corporations are not people, then Congress will be able to pass campaign finance legislation -- not an easy task, but now prevented by the Supreme Court's rulings on First Amendment protection of corporate contributions.

[moralsurgeon]

Having "a vote" is the opiate of the people. MTA barely begins an "accountability" to be applied to charlatan politicians. The criminal class remains untouchable by the "justice system." The "elected" princes are not "public servants" and that is a frontier which needs to be clarified and measured. Ancient philosophers had commented that a petty thief becomes put into jails, yet the monarchs and their duplicitous servants become put into office.

[Radley521]

Missoula...standing up once again

[mrmalekevans]

Yes, this stronger amendment Kaitlin proposes is what we need. Udall is too weak because it ALLOWS Congress, but does not REQUIRE Congress to make reforms. Campaign contributions is an issue of reform. For example, Citizens United overturned such bipartisan reform. We The People can't make a reform stick because we don't have a constitutional amendment to say corporations are not people & have NO constitutional rights. They have privileges given by We The People.

[americaphuckyeah]

Is this enough? Does this amendment actually stop corporate campaign contributions? Because that's what we need. Not just a declaration that money is not speech (which would reverse Citizens United v. FEC ruling)

[raffahope]

Way to go Kaitlin, we are rocking across the nation! Nov 28th there will be thousands with the MtA flags in Olympia! Our resolution comes up soon...

MG

[stonethugmusic]

LOVE THAT YOUNG LADY SHE'S GOT SOME BIG BALLS ON HER "