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Perez: Corporations not people 'until Texas executes one'
SacBee: Capitol Alert ^
| 2/10/12
| David Siders
Posted on 02/10/2012 9:19:34 PM PST by SmithL
SAN DIEGO -- Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez may be nowhere more popular than at a labor caucus meeting at a Democratic convention, and so it was that he received a standing ovation here this afternoon and tried out a one-liner on the crowd.
"This year you've seen Mitt Romney and others talk about the fact that corporations are people," the former labor organizer said. "I won't believe corporations are people until Texas executes one of them."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: goldenstate; peoplesrepublic; perez; unionthugs
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I can't imagine why California has such an anti-business reputation.
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:19:46 PM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Perhaps, but that was a pretty good line.
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:22:54 PM PST
by
krb
(Obama is a miserable failure.)
To: SmithL
"I won't believe corporations are people until Texas executes one of them."
Date of execution- December 2nd, 2001.
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:24:07 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: SmithL
Perhaps they could start with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting? j/k
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:26:10 PM PST
by
GoDuke
To: mnehring
YEAH...I’d say DEMOCRATS, especially Obomba, are experts at executing corporations....that or blackmailing them.
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:26:21 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(2012..."We mutually pledge our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor")
To: SmithL
He has a point and it was a good one-liner even if you disagree with it.
Corporate corporations decision was really, really bad. We might just as well hand our government over to foreign interests.
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:26:55 PM PST
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: SmithL
Corporations not people 'until Texas executes one'They did. Remember when Southern Methodist University got the Death Penalty?
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:29:07 PM PST
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great; until it happens to YOU.)
To: GoDuke
Perhaps they could start with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?Hey, that's about the only good programming left on TV. Hands off!
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:29:33 PM PST
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: gunsequalfreedom
I’m not sure there’s any way around having corporate or company involvement in American politics. Ugly as it is, much uglier things can be imagined.
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:29:45 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
To: Migraine
Yup, that would-be snappy zinger has a logical enough comeback. The only thing you don’t get when a corporation is executed is a grave.
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:30:57 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
To: SmithL; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; Impy
He stole that line from the signs that the OWS people carry. In fact, I discussed this very point with an Occupy person in Chicago who was carrying such a slogan. I said that I agree that corporations are not people (they are legal entities which EMPLOY people), but they are definitely capable of being executed.
Pat Quinn never executes any people, but he's sure as heck executes Illinois corporations (and for the ones he hasn't killed outright killed them, he's at least terrorized them to the point where they flee the state)!
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:33:24 PM PST
by
BillyBoy
(Illegals for Perry/Gingrich 2012 : Don't be "heartless"/ Be "humane")
To: gunsequalfreedom; GoDuke
Hands off CPB is OK with me as long as they don’t get any taxpayer money.
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:33:45 PM PST
by
SmithL
(If you reward certain behavior, don't be surprised when you see more of that behavior)
To: krb
It may be a clever line intended to confuse. However, if corporations were not considered the same as people, they would not be taxed on earnings. Those earnings would be taxed at the corporate shareholder level. The poorly educated don’t understand that.
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:51:00 PM PST
by
aaCharley
(Idiot, clam brain, blind)
To: krb
It may be a clever line intended to confuse. However, if corporations were not considered the same as people, they would not be taxed on earnings. Those earnings would be taxed at the corporate shareholder level. The poorly educated don’t understand that.
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:51:09 PM PST
by
aaCharley
(Idiot, clam brain, blind)
To: krb
Meh, lefties never think for themselves. That slogan has been going around the lefties for weeks or even months now.
As for me, I'll believe corporations are people when Planned Parenthood aborts one.
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posted on
02/10/2012 10:05:06 PM PST
by
fr_freak
To: aaCharley
However, if corporations were not considered the same as people, they would not be taxed on earnings. Those earnings would be taxed at the corporate shareholder level. The poorly educated dont understand that.
It's funny, but I don't believe business entities are mentioned in the Bill of Rights or the Constitution.
Am I wrong?
To: krb
Perhaps, but that was a pretty good line
Really? Makes no sense . Seemes pretty silly to me.
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posted on
02/10/2012 11:18:22 PM PST
by
SECURE AMERICA
(Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
To: SmithL
Somebody buy that robot a dictionary. He’s having issues with “corporate.”
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posted on
02/10/2012 11:40:55 PM PST
by
GVnana
(Newt 2012 - He Speaks for Us)
To: SmithL
Corporations are more "people" than unions are.
Besides, corporations euthanized for all intents and purposes by zer() include GM and Chrysler (as experienced by their bondholders), thousands of small businesses. The regulation stranglehold in every industry is choking almost all business to a near-death experience.
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posted on
02/10/2012 11:52:51 PM PST
by
C210N
(Dems: "We must tax you so that we can buy your votes")
To: aaCharley
It may be a clever line intended to confuse. However, if corporations were not considered the same as people, they would not be taxed on earnings. Those earnings would be taxed at the corporate shareholder level. The poorly educated dont understand that. By his thinking, children and even teenagers aren't people either.
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posted on
02/10/2012 11:53:15 PM PST
by
Bob
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