Please sign this petition to the city of Portland to end corporate personhood. We the People must demand an end to the dangerous legal fictions that corporations are people and money is speech. Please help restore our democracy by signing this petition:
http://www.change.org/petitions/city-of-portland-to-congress-we-the-people-not-we-the-corporations
Here's the text of the email that is sent to the mayor and city commissioners when you sign:
Support the City resolution to End Corporate Personhood
Dear Mayor Adams and City Commissioners:
Thank you for your leadership in proposing a resolution supporting a federal constitutional amendment making clear that corporations are not people and money is not speech. This resolution is a huge step in the right direction to ensuring We the People regain control of our democracy.
Please include language in the resolution making clear that corporations are not entitled to ANY constitutional rights and remove references to the amendments proposed by Senator Merkley and Representatives Schrader, Blumenauer, and Defazio as they deal only with the regulation of money in politics and not the issue of corporate personhood.
The City should support a constitutional amendment that explicitly addresses the issue of corporate personhood AND regulation of campaign donations and expenditures.
In addition to passing a strong resolution, the City Council should refer this issue to the voters so that we can make our voices heard. This is the language that should be included on the ballot:
RESOLVED, the People of the City of Portland, Oregon call for amending the United States Constitution to establish that:
1. Only human beings, not corporations, are entitled to constitutional rights, and
2. Money is not speech, and therefore regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech
Please include language in the resolution making clear that corporations are not entitled to ANY constitutional rights and remove references to the amendments proposed by Senator Merkley and Representatives Schrader, Blumenauer, and Defazio as they deal only with the regulation of money in politics and not the issue of corporate personhood.
The City should support a constitutional amendment that explicitly addresses the issue of corporate personhood AND regulation of campaign donations and expenditures.
In addition to passing a strong resolution, the City Council should refer this issue to the voters so that we can make our voices heard. This is the language that should be included on the ballot:
RESOLVED, the People of the City of Portland, Oregon call for amending the United States Constitution to establish that:
1. Only human beings, not corporations, are entitled to constitutional rights, and
2. Money is not speech, and therefore regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech
http://www.change.org/petitions/city-of-portland-to-congress-we-the-people-not-we-the-corporations
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