Publicly financed elections.

[Heywood]

This is dishonest. People don't lose any rights because they are associated with a corporation. They are free to vote and to donate their own personal finances towards anything they want, just like you or I. What you are doing is suggesting that, in addition to those rights we all share, corporate executives and shareholders should have the additional special right to use money that is not theirs, personally, to make their own personal political influence stronger than yours or mine. You are suggesting that corporate executives and shareholders deserve more of a say in politics than the average voter, who cannot afford to do such things.

Campaigns are not people then either. They are just pieces of paper filed with the FEC. What you are doing by advocating publicly financed elections is granting candidates the right to use money that is not theirs, personally, to make their own personal political influence stronger than yours or mine. You are suggesting that candidates deserve more of a say in politics than the average voter, who cannot afford to do such things.

Can you see how silly your position is when we change "corporation" to "campaign"?

Campaigns are tools used by an assembly of people to speak. Corporations are tools used by an assembly of people to speak. If you don't like what a candidate is saying....leave their campaign. If you don't like what a corporation is saying....sell your stock.

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Corporations are set up for 2 reasons liability and tax. They protect the owners from liability as you stated and they help avoid certain taxes. They are NOT set up to have any rights. Check your constitution, please (I assume you reside in Merica the way you think)

This is wrong. Corporate profits get taxed twice.....from a tax standpoint it is a disadvantage to incorporate. Corporations have rights. The government can't seize their assets without due process for instance.