Corporations should have to be citizens or pay tariffs!

[mandyky]

No more free rides for these multi-national corporations. No more lobbying by corporations and other countries to our Congress.

Corporations become corporations to escape liability. This should not be allowed. Corporations who operate in the US should do so under the same classifications as an individual - either be citizens (and have loyalty) or have a green card. Using tax loopholes and moving manufacturing facilities to third world countries should be strongly discouraged ( levy tariffs or suspend privileges).

Why do individuals have to be accountable and liable while huge corporations aren't?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. What... you don't worship capitalism?? The most humane and christian

like system on the planet?? What gives?

[mandyky]

3. Wasn't capitalism originally meant to mean

small businesses? I am not for corporations gone wild capiltalism, no!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. Corporations own your government, how does that make you feel? eom.

[Warpy]

2. A corporation doesn't have an ass to kick (or to jail)

and that makes discipline problematic.

However, most corporate charters have some feel-good language about serving the public or national interest. That is their Achilles Heel, or should be. Corporate charters for those that dodge taxes, loot pensions, and send entire industries overseas while keeping the US as the main (or only) market should be withdrawn, opening all shareholders to potential liability.

This country is going to have to institute targeted tariffs against those corporations that offshore jobs and then turn around and sell third world goods and services at first world prices to the people they have unemployed in the US, while availing themselves of military enforcement while paying no taxes to support the military.

I can see no other remedy. The wholesale offshoring of a lot of key industries including shoemaking, textiles and electronics has put this country into an incredibly weak position come the next big war.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. You've made a good point

corporations are created so that individuals can escape personal liability. Therefore, they should not be allowed to have the same rights as individuals. I like the green card or citizenship idea as well.