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Kip Humphrey

(4,753 posts) Mon Mar 7, 2016, 10:28 PM Mar 2016

trade in their stocks halted permanently. Corporate executives remain subject to civil lawsuits brought by stockholders.

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	I favor a corporate death penalty
	8 (80%)
	I do NOT favor a corporate death penalty
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This should happen to Verizon! scscholar Mar 2016 #1

If corporations are people then it makes perfect sense. GoneFishin Mar 2016 #2

You don't mean literal death, right? metroins Mar 2016 #3

I am signed on then metroins Mar 2016 #9

The assets actually belong to the shareholders as they are the "owners" Press Virginia Mar 2016 #4

So what happens to the stockholders? ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2016 #5

I'm not advocating either way. R. P. McMurphy Mar 2016 #12

The solution sounds a bit extreme. ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2016 #14

More importantly, what happens to the employees? WillowTree Mar 2016 #15

Right ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2016 #16

This is just silly, No. greytdemocrat Mar 2016 #11

What crime(s) would qualify for such a drastic outcome? n/t True Earthling Mar 2016 #13