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Corporations are considered legal persons, pay taxes and are subject to the rule of law. Look at what happened to BP, they were told to hand over $20 Bil without Due Process. Since Corporations are not Real Persons and have no individual vote they still need a way to protect their interests. It is our job to see that those corporations are treated fairly, and not given undue advantage, restriction or punishment. Voting Rights were originally for those who paid taxes. If you owned property you paid taxes and there fore you voted no matter your race or sex. I have long believed that the right to vote should not be restricted by age or the courts due to felony prohibition. Either all can vote, or they should be exempt from taxes. We may not like the ends, but if we pursue the means and keep politicians in check by being aware of their actions we can help to keep a fair legal balance. I have argued on several occasions in court over traffic violations that I live in a statutory state and we follow the letter of the law, not what someone assumes is its intent. We should never go down the road saying that it would be easier to abandon the law, then to do our due diligence at the polling place, as well as prior to our vote. I could go on for pages about the folly of great regulation as it only leads to intrenched corporations with little chance of new competition, but all you have to do is to remember Tucker.