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joether -> RE: The OCCUPIED Amendment (12/9/2011 7:27:25 PM)
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Have not heard of this Amendment proposal, but then again, a few tens of thousands are submitted to both the House and Senate every year, so I shouldnt be to surprised by it. I found This Video to say very similar things. Its a concept that seems to be growing in many parts of the country. As the nation stays in recession, people will naturally grow more resentful of the directionless rudder known as Congress. Their the folks that are responsible with the long term conditions of the nation. In both amendment proposals, the arguement is that corporations should not be counted as an individual person.
I for one support this concept. We immediately observed on the lead up to the 2010 election what corporations would do if the 'leash' was taken off. They pumped multiple millions into the Tea Party coffers. They have put 'collars' on most of the Republican elected officals in both the House and Senate. And the actions of these same elected officals have been keeping what is best for corporations and NOT for the average American. When was the last time us Americans accused the Republicans in office for looking out 'for Joe Q. America' interests BEFORE that of the corporation he works for? Republicans are going to pay HEAVILY in the next election for largely doing much of the damage that only now, many Americans are waking up to.
The founding fathers did not like how the nobles behaved back in the time shortly before the nation's creation. That nobles could get away with outright murder why the commoner was beaten harshly for petty offenses. They didnt like that goverments could look at someone's private life and than use that information for their own agenda and NOT for the betterment of that individual citizen; Corporations do that right now....and sell that information to each other. So, we get angry if the nation spies on us, but not corporations? Likewise, back in the age before the nation's creation, these 'nobles' came from powerful entities with their own 'coat of arms'. The modern corporations have their own coat of arms in the form of a corporate logo. How many can explain King George's coat of arms verse Best Buy's logo?
But the final amendment, what ever form it takes, will have to be examined carefully against not only the present condition(s) but also future concepts. In the 'Occupied Amendment' it mentions 'natural persons' as the only bears of having all the rights of being American. What happens if, down the road, that some group clones 400+ humans and releases them onto the nation (and the world)? Is it likely in the next ten years? Most likely no, but in forty?
All I am saying here, is that when it comes to a US Amendment, that we tread carefully and use a healthy dose of wisdom with it!
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