So we already have separation of church and state. Can we amend the constitution for a separation between?

Question

corporations and state?

Answer 1

Nowhere in our Constitution does it say we have a separation of church and state. We have a freedom OF religion... As for corporations, why would you want to have a separation? Who exactly employs the citizenry of this country and powers the economy? So, when GM was going under, you'd have let them slide? And literally hundreds of thousands of workers and their families would have suffered? What about AmTrack? United Airlines? The farming industry that feeds this nation? No governmental support? Nice. As for me, I'm self employed.

Answer 2

I wouldn't mind seeing something that took us back to how corporations were originally treated in the US. (I know, how conservative of me! Except today's conservatives would freak...)

"Corporations were "artificial, invisible, intangible," mere financial tools. They were chartered by individual states, not the federal government, which meant they could be kept under close local scrutiny. They were automatically dissolved if they engaged in activities that violated their charter. Limits were placed on how big and powerful companies could become. Even railroad magnate J. P. Morgan, the consummate capitalist, understood that corporations must never become so big that they "inhibit freedom to the point where efficiency [is] endangered."

The two hundred or so corporations operating in the US by the year 1800 were each kept on fairly short leashes. They weren't allowed to participate in the political process. They couldn't buy stock in other corporations. And if one of them acted improperly, the consequences were severe. In 1832, President Andrew Jackson vetoed a motion to extend the charter of the corrupt and tyrannical Second Bank of the United States, and was widely applauded for doing so. That same year the state of Pennsylvania revoked the charters of ten banks for operating contrary to the public interest. Even the enormous industry trusts, formed to protect member corporations from external competitors and provide barriers to entry, eventually proved no match for the state. By the mid-1800s, antitrust legislation was widely in place. "

Answer 3

no where in the constitution does it say 'separation of church and state'

Answer 4

If you did, Corporations would not have to abide by the Tax laws just like the churches.They could treat their people anyway they wanted as they would not have to answer as they would not be connected to the State.

Answer 5

You don't really have separation of church and state, so don't expect the other soon.

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07/09/2004
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