@Normal:Corporations are not people

People are ensured inalienable or “God-given” rights such as freedom of speech, freedom from unwarranted search and the right to bear arms in our society because those rights are established in the Constitution of the United States.

Corporations existed back when the constitution was written, yet the word corporation is not mentioned even once in the document. Robots aren’t mentioned either. Corporations are built and run by people, just like robots. Can there be any way to interpret the founders’ intent as being supportive of the idea that corporations (or robots) have inalienable human rights?

You don’t have to be a constitutional scholar to see that the answer is clearly no. It doesn’t matter if you are conservative or liberal; this is just common sense folks. This is an issue where Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders agree, and one that should unite all Vermonters.

Abolishing corporate personhood is really about restoring Constitutional rule of law, where “we the people” are in control of our state, local and federal government. Today it’s pretty obvious that corporations and special interest groups have undue influence of our government institutions, especially at the federal level. This is a fundamental cause of all the corruption and oppressive regulation we see in our government on a daily basis.

If you’re conservative, you should be appalled that our Constitution has been perverted by the activist judges who over the years have decided that corporations and unions should have the same “God-given” rights as humans. God has never created a corporation or a union; only an act of a state legislature can create a corporation. (You don’t really think that our state governments are agents of God, do you?)

Dozens of Vermont towns will vote on Town Meeting Day resolutions asking the state and federal government to make this constitutional amendment. This is where the process starts, and Vermont is poised to lead the nation on this issue.

Gaelan Brown

Fayston