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Submitted by Greg Colvin (not verified) on November 23, 2011 - 11:27am.
Yep, I wrote them both. I am still concerned about the efficacy and consequences of an amendment focused solely on removing corporate constitutional rights, but Rep. Deutch addressed some of my concerns by aiming only at for-profit business interests, and using language that goes beyond the corporate legal form.
At this point, I am equally in favor of the Deutch OCCUPIED amendment and the original one I posted at OurFuture.org in January 2011, which would allow only individual citizens to finance campaigns, but with Congress and the states authorized to use public financing also and to set limits on contributions by wealthy donors, require transparency, etc.
Constitutional Amendments, Corporate Personhood
Yep, I wrote them both. I am still concerned about the efficacy and consequences of an amendment focused solely on removing corporate constitutional rights, but Rep. Deutch addressed some of my concerns by aiming only at for-profit business interests, and using language that goes beyond the corporate legal form.
At this point, I am equally in favor of the Deutch OCCUPIED amendment and the original one I posted at OurFuture.org in January 2011, which would allow only individual citizens to finance campaigns, but with Congress and the states authorized to use public financing also and to set limits on contributions by wealthy donors, require transparency, etc.