tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post6948661125255187327..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: A couple of overdue thoughts on Citizens UnitedChalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-76324098476254194632010-03-28T18:54:43.430-04:002010-03-28T18:54:43.430-04:00presumably with "this ad paid for by Walmart&...<i>presumably with "this ad paid for by Walmart' at the end.</i><br /><br />Considering how hard conservatives are working to get rid of reporting requirements on campaign contributions and other political speech (on the grounds that anonymity is part of one's 1st Amendment rights, and if money = speech, then one has a right to give money anonymously), I wouldn't make that presumption.<br /><br />My gripe on this issue is the extent to which we've actually departed from the real conservative economists on the issue of corporate personhood. F.A. Hayek <a href="http://bit.ly/8TGXIu" rel="nofollow">wrote at length</a> about how corporations shouldn't even be allowed to vote their <i>shares</i> in other corporations; he'd be dumbfounded by the notion that corporations have not only economic but also political rights. It's a huge departure from the reason the law first recognized corporations.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.com