A wonderful illustration of the problem with corporate personhood:

[Leftist Agitator]

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txn/PressRel06/elashi_bayan_ghassan_basman_infocom_sent_pr.html

"...Today, Basman Elashi, age 50, was sentenced to 80 months imprisonment. Yesterday, Ghassan Elashi, age 52, was also sentenced to 80 months imprisonment. On Wednesday, Bayan Elashi, age 51, was sentenced to 84 months imprisonment and Infocom Corporation was sentenced to two years probation (the corporation is defunct)."


If a person breaks the law, prison sentence. If a corporation breaks the law, slap on the wrist, because you can't imprison something that has no physical existence.

[Richardo]

1. ...or is defunct.

And in this case, the corporation's officers were given: prison sentence. That'd be the case whether 'corporate personhood' governed or not. I don't get what you'd rather see happen. :shrug:

[KansDem]

2. Solution: Imprison the person(s) in the corporation who would decide on whom to give donations to

If it's the CEO, imprison him/her; if it's the board of directors, imprison them.

Whoever has the responsibility of deciding whom the corporation gives money to...

[qb]

3. I advocate the death penalty for corporations.

But not for human beings.