A Corporation is not a real person or a "collection of people" [according to Rand Paul's legal knowledge probably acquired in a cereal box] and no, Corporations are NOT people, Mr. Romney.
I will be quite hyperbolic in the next few line to put this nonsense to rest quickly. Corporations are:
"...legal entities created under the laws of a state designed to establish the entity (s) as a separate legal figure having its own privileges and liabilities distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business...
Despite not being natural persons, corporations are recognized by the law to have rights and responsibilities like natural persons ("people")"
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* Disclaimer: I have received formal legal training in the past [overseas] I think I have mentioned it before, in any case this silly argument needs to be dismissed outright as nonsensical and a bit juvenile. Furthermore:
"Corporations have legal personality (also artificial personality, juridical personality, and juristic personality) is the characteristic of a non-human entity regarded by law to have the status of a person.
This "argument" might seem ridiculous to many here, I agree, but if the past has shown anything is that if these idiotic topics are not dealt with swiftly they are repeated as "conventional wisdom" by the ignorant crowd working in the US Corporate Media and by GOP air-heads.
This short diary is not pretending to be a Legal Treatise, is merely a commentary on a subject that actually should not be a matter of...commentary.
Thanks.