[MrB]

>>hate large corporate institutions, which they see as unconstitutional.


That's because they see the Constitution as defining the limits of OUR rights, not as defining the limits of the government's powers.

Somehow, they think that the Constitution should have some power of restriction over entities OUTSIDE of the government.

[RockChucker]

I hate the socialists, et al, as much as the next guy, but I have heard (no research to back this up) that back in the beginning of the republic, corporate entites were outlawed. You could run a solely owned or jointly owned business, but not a corporate entity.

The reason being, that a corporate entity is not a person and cannot be given the near-rights of a person. Also, it kept the people who ran the businesses honest because their heads and fortunes were on the line.