Saturday, February 1, 2014

Corporations should not be in competition with the Government

Corporations are legal fictions created by State government. As such, they should not be in competition with the State or Federal government. It is said that some corporations hold more money than the government. True or not, the reason for their existence is to function in the economy and not the government. Corporate interests should remain within economic bounds and not extend into governmental functions. Corporations are fictitious, and hence not 'real'; that's a sufficient reason to exclude them completely from the operations of government. The fact that they are fictions already 'declares' that they, as such, are not real. They are fictional functionaries in the economy, not the government, and as such, should not have all the Constitutional protections that a 'real' individual has. Although they were originally given Constitutional protection, they cannot have all the Constitutional protections that a 'real' individual has. Obviously, since their creation, they have grown economically into economic giants. That's fantastic, but they are not 'democratic giants', and hence, should not be in competition with the government. Government has to remain within the principles established in the Constitution, and business functions, motives, should remain within the principles of a successful economy, viz. money and profits. A system of Democracy and a system of economic success should be kept separate and never should the twain meet. The reason being that government can never be operated on the principles of 'profits' and corporations can never be operated on the principles of 'freedom ' and 'equality'. If 'money and profits' ever creeps into our democratic structure, we are headed towards Plutocracy, or maybe Oligarchy. That would rob, the People of a Democracy, of their freedom and equality, and that, would cause the invocation of the First Amendment freedom "to assemble".

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