Well said. And if the federal laws won't do this, the states, which grant corporate status, can and should.

@georgetakei

He understood the root of the whole ... set of issues currently governing the US.

@georgetakei Is he an Independent now?

@georgetakei
I agree completely;
people are created by two loving folks having sex, not two lawyers signing a piece of paper.
and
money is not speech, it is volume and we have a long history of not allow someone to shout down another in a debate.

#democracy is more than voting.

@georgetakei
Yes! Start at the State level and do it NOW!!
@georgetakei every state should implement some version of The Montana Plan in their constitutions: https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/07/transparent-election-initiative/
Transparent Election Initiative

A bipartisan team of former Montana officials have unveiled an oddly simple yet startlingly robust legal mechanism for undoing Citizens United that ...

The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
@georgetakei @jaeclectic And Billionaires cannit give more than the the average of the bottom fifth.

@georgetakei

Spot on. Corporations shouldn't have the rights of a natural persons, and their shareholders should be held directly responsible for any criminal activity that a company commits.