No. of Recommendations: 5
Acknowledge that corporations have the same right to free speech as individuals, but that right can be limited just like individuals' right to contribute to campaigns is limited.
I have a fundamental problem with the notion that corporations are people.
iirc, Citizens was based on a notion that the CEO is the spokesman for a group of people. Thing is, I have voted a lot of proxies with a shareholder proposal requiring management to disclose who they are bribing, how big the bribe is, and for what purpose. Management always opposes these proposals, saying that who they bribe, and why, must be a deep, dark, secret. How, I ask, can management claim to be the spokesperson for all the company's employees, shareholders, and other stakeholders, without their informed consent?
It is impossible to limit individual "contributions", because there are too many work arounds. But I am all for requiring that, if someone like Musk wants to "donate" $500M to a campaign, it needs to come out of his pocket, not the corporation's pocket.
Steve