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georgemcbay on Nov 18, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Most laser printer printed pages have tracking wat...

But I was told corporations are people.

nhebb on Nov 19, 2011 [–]

I've been hearing that a lot since the OWS movement started. It's worth pointing out that the Citizens United ruling stated that in certain freedom of speech issues, corporations have the same rights as people, not that they are people.

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