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James Mattis is linked to a massive corporate fraud and nobody wants to talk about it

Deuce said:
I think the people who run businesses should be held accountable for the actions of that business, yes.
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A public company is ultimately governed by the stockholders. So all the stockholders have to be held accountable for criminal acts of the corporation?

But no, usually it's the people in the corporation who acted criminally who are criminally charged. Those like Mattis, who, I'm pretty sure, has no expertise in the kind of bio-electro-mechanics that the Theranos brand was attempting to market, would not be charged. Mattis was probably on the board because he knows something about government contracts and procurement or has some juice with the government.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
No, corporations want to be treated like "A PERSON".
Corporations ARE people, Mitt Romney was right.
That's a lot different than saying that a corporation is "A PERSON".

People =/= person...am I right?
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Yes, for certain purposes the law treats corporations like a person. But that is not taken to ridiculous extremes. Corporations that are less than 18 years old, for example, are not compelled to attend public schools, and they can have alcoholic beverages at their parties, and their representatives can drive cars.
 
What if...? said:
Yet private securtiy companies have second amendment rights.

Search and seizure too. No right to plead the fifth yet, but conferring human rights to imaginary entities is an ongoing project. The supreme court will get around to it before long I'm sure.

Businesses get to write off all their rents. I do not. Write off their vehicles. I do not.
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So, you get to write of mortgage interest. Children. School loan interest. Medical expenses. Businesses dont.

The court doesnt have to confer rights. They already exist. People have them whether alone or in a group, or in the name of a group. Joe has a right to bear arms, and Joes security firm has a right to bear arms too, and be free from unlawful search, and to speak opinions. I dont see the problem here. Citizens united was about govt INFRINGING on a group of peoples right to speak. How can anyone be against that?
 
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