Soliciting the thoughts of Libertarians on corporate charters/personhood

[Eugene V. Debs]

To all the Libertarians and free-marketeers here, please read the article about the history of corporate charters in the U.S. linked below and share your thoughts:

http://reclaimdemocracy.org/corporat...ations_us.html

Also, this is part of the broader topic of "corporate personhood", so your thoughts on that legal doctrine (or as many jurists have claimed, "legal fiction") would also be appreciated. The same site has a section devoted to corporate personhood here: http://reclaimdemocracy.org/personhood/index.html

This website is also proposing the following Constitutional amendments:

http://reclaimdemocracy.org/politica...mendments.html

The reason I am soliciting your thoughts is this is a topic I haven't often heard discussed by Libertarians (of course I've been out of the "Libertarian loop" for some time), and the position this site is taking does not seem to challenge private property rights, but merely the legal standing of the corporation, which is not a natural entity, but rather an entity created by the law.

So, please, your thoughts on this topic...

[sjl127]

I'm a conservative, independent.

My stance is this: whenever a 3rd party becomes involved between 2 other parties, for whatever reason, things fall apart.

Whether the 3rd party be government, an insurance company, whatever.

Let the free market decide. Our government almost controls the market, therefore, we're not free. We fought that war for nothing.

It's a shame.