No People Here

There is a creature let loosed upon the world; a fearsome monster, some would say that some other men call Human. It has been given many strange, alien-sounding names: Exxon, Walmart, and General Electric, to name just a few, although none of them has ever been born. We are told they have free speech, although they have no mouths and cannot talk. We're told their money is their voice, yet they have no hands in order to write checks or count out coins. They can marry, yet they have no gender; they cannot reproduce the way natural humans do, and yet, they are said to breed. They do not think nor do they breathe. Like their God, they cannot eat an ice cream cone or laugh. Yet, Human they are said to be. I say it is a fearsome monster not because, unlike you and me, they can live forever. They are fearsome because of the awesome power they possess by virtue of the fact that they are not alive. Like the disembodied brains on the planet Triskelion, in an early Star Trek episode, these "Providers" appear to control events for their own profit and amusement; manipulating people, creating products, and poisoning the environment. We seem to be powerless before them; they are all-seeing (cameras everywhere), all-knowing (experts at their beck-and-call), and omnipotent (armies of lawyers). Now, they are the most powerful Humans on the planet. Back before these creatures were fully human, we real Humans put limits and requirements on what people could create. We also taxed the profits that people made from these creatures. But no more.

Today the creature called General Electric had $14 billion in profits but paid no taxes. It got a $1.9 billion refund.

The creature called ExxonMobil paid no taxes. It got a $156 million refund.

The creature known as Bank of America, made $4.4 billion in profit but paid no taxes and received a $1.9 billion refund. You might recall, this creature was given a great deal of money directly by the American People in 2010 in order to keep it alive.

The creature called Chevron made $10 billion in profit. It also paid no taxes and got a refund of $19 million.

The creature called Citigroup made $4 billion in profit. And, yup, you're getting it: PAID NO TAXES.

It's funny, of course. Many like to ridicule those who say that chipmunks have awareness or that trees are alive. They are called Pagans, nature-lovers, fools, or worse ('environmentalists'!). What do you call someone who believes that a piece of paper is not only alive but that it can talk, think, and act on its own? A stock holder! It is more than past the time that we The People cram regulations down the throats of these Frankenstein Monsters and make the stock holders bow, scrape, and do our bidding for a change.

And, oh yeah, make them pay their taxes like the rest of us!