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by ldbooth 1935 days ago
Meanwhile most major banks are convicted felons in the US. JPMorgan, Citibank, Wells Fargo...
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I think you are onto something. The most privileged class of "person" in the united states is corporations that get slaps on the wrist for breaking laws.

Now I understand why Dr evil from Austin powers ran a corporation.

There are a few books on this I haven't read about Corporations over the past 30 years using the court system to gain as much/more rights than citizens.

There are countless examples. I have an LLC. Self employed. People making minimum wage are getting $1.4k checks. The single owner LLC's (with max'ed out payroll capped at $100k), through PPP single owner LLCs get maxiumum $20.83k. It's never been more clear to me the slant to trusting corps over people. Also my business allows me to write off way more than a typical American Citizen.

My recommendation: equality with corps will be a near-impossible fight for someone like me, so all US citizens should have a personal business even if it is only making paper losses.