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12-08-2011, 06:14 PM

Schmidt
Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 1058

Senator Bernie Sanders in a passionate speech on the Senate floor today (December 8, 2011) proposed a constitutional amendment that basically states that corporations are not people.

Watch his speech on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9qZZVqSQdo&feature=youtu.be&hd=1
It is worth your time, but I'll extract just one line:

"In my view, history will record that the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision is one of the worst decisions ever made by a Supreme Court in the history of our country."

You can also read the proposed amendment with a link in his website: Saving American Democracy Amendment. http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=7AFC6D2C-7C24-4CB6-80C3-74CDF7E383A3

The opening statement reads:

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from
the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution
of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all
elections, and affirm the authority of Congress and the
States to regulate corporations and to regulate and set
limits on all election contributions and expenditures.

http://sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Saving-American-Democracy.pdf

12-10-2011, 06:57 AM

Schmidt
Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 1058

You can sign Senator Sanders' petition supporting the constitutional amendment at:
http://sanders.senate.gov/petition/?uid=f1c2660f-54b9-4193-86a4-ec2c39342c6c

Key points:

Corporations are not persons with constitutional rights equal to real people.
Corporations are subject to regulation by the people.
Corporations may not make campaign contributions.
Congress and states have the power to regulate campaign finances.

I signed it. I was number 72,605.

12-12-2011, 06:29 PM

Lster
Chicago, IL
Posts: 1

Lester Rbinson

02-02-2012, 11:11 AM

Veronica
Not Selected
Posts: 205

Thanks for telling me about this amendment: I signed it a couple of weeks ago.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE. WE HAVE to WIN this one, or democracy is lost.

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