Friday, January 22, 2010

Un-Checking And Un-Balancing Checks And Balances

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision giving corporations status equal to actual humans is one of the most hideous decisions ever made. Corporations are human constructions not humans themsevles. They are run by humans. They are supposed to serve humans, not the other way around. They are not people.

The Supreme Court has sanctioned the few powerful people who run corporations the ability and the "right" to buy legislators with the money they make from the rest of us. Laws will now be written with the pockets in mind of the people who run the corporations, not the people who actually make up the citizenry. Concentrations of money equal concentrations of power. The Supreme Court has just agreed that this is a good philosophy and has un-checked and un-balanced the checks and balances system.

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