Corporate personhood has everything to do with it:
~ corporations have the same rights as people ~ people have the right to free speech ~ lobbying is considered free speech ~ therefore, corporations have the right to lobby
Change the rules that define corporate personhood and you change what they are and are not allowed to do.
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Date: 30/10/13 21:39 (UTC)~ corporations have the same rights as people
~ people have the right to free speech
~ lobbying is considered free speech
~ therefore, corporations have the right to lobby
Change the rules that define corporate personhood and you change what they are and are not allowed to do.