Montana steps backwards: wants to give Corps two votes to your one.

[TM7]

For all the freedom loving folks in Montana,,,negating anti-RTBA laws, negating NDAA, and so on...this would be a huge step backward......get rid of the guy who proposed this...TM7
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Montana legislator introduces bill to give corporations right to vote
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  By David Ferguson
Saturday, February 23, 2013 11:16 EST    Share on facebookShare on redditShare on diggShare on twitterShare on farkShare on stumbleupon306     Topics: corporations ♦ Montana Republican state legislator ♦ Steve Lavin
   A Montana Republican state legislator has introduced a bill that would give corporations the right to vote in municipal elections. According to Think Progress, Rep. Steve Lavin (R-Kalispell) has introduced Montana House Bill No. 486, which would grant to “a firm, partnership, company or corporation” that owns property within a district the right to vote as a citizen of that district.
Echoing former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s 2011 assertion that “corporations are people, too, my friend,” the law, if enacted, would empower a representative of each company in the district to cast a vote in the company’s interest. The representative would be required to present proof of the company’s registration with the secretary of state and that they are that organization’s designee.
This legislation would go beyond even the allowances made for corporations and companies to funnel unlimited dark money into elections as per the “Citizens United” decision. Think Progress reported that the bill was tabled by the state legislature almost immediately, so it is unlikely to be voted into law.
   House Bill 486 imposes some limits on corporate power in that the companies would not be able to vote in “school elections,” but would be confined to voting on municipal matters.
[image via Lavin for HD 8 official website

[ironglow]

" Taxation without representation..is tyranny"*...  is a slogan which led toward America's successful rebellion..   Simply means if an entity is "taxed"..then it's voice should be heard and it's vote counted.
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  So I ask... are corporations being taxed?  If so, they should get to vote!
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  In reality; that is another reason why corporations shoud not be required to pay taxes..

[yellowtail3]

" Taxation without representation..is tyranny"*...  is a slogan which led toward America's successful rebellion..   Simply means if an entity is "taxed"..then it's voice should be heard and it's vote counted.
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  So I ask... are corporations being taxed?  If so, they should get to vote!'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
  In reality; that is another reason why corporations shoud not be required to pay taxes..

Ummm, ,,errr ... the principals of Corps get to vote, so do the rank and file. Then they get to vote again via campaign contributions and thru lobbiest; i.e. voting with dollars.  Now this guy in typical GOPer mindthink wants to give them a 3rd vote....enough of this already...!    giving away the keys to the kingdom is one thing,,,but giving away your daughter is another to far.....
More symptom of real tyranny thru corporatocracy,,,putting corps ahead of Citizens..
 Besides, you said Corps don't pay taxes; you said they just pass taxes on to the consumers. What about corps payiong no tax but get credits for net a profit?
..TM7

Yeah, what about them? (anyone? anyone???)

[SharonAnne]

CITIZENS  get to vote. A corporation is not a citizen. Ergo no vote.