Let's take a group like 350.org. It gets its power from people who have a common interest coming together to organize, raise money, form activist groups, protest, and try to influence legislation such as allowing the Keystone pipeline to be built. Bully for them! That's their right.
Should anyone be able to limit these rights and somehow determine if they're acting for the public good? That idea is laughable and incredibly un-American.
Should their status be granted for a limited time and be renewable only at the public's pleasure? Hell, no!
Should their size and scope be severely limited to limit their ability to infringe on the rights and well-being of ordinary Americans? Hell, no - squared!
Sorry, Fred, but what goes for 350.org goes for Walmart (and even the dreaded Koch brothers). Let free speech reign, and let the voters decide. As we just learned from the last presidential election (and have quickly forgotten), money alone cannot buy victory. I trust the public to listen and vote their interests.
One thing I'd like to mention about corporations - they all fail. The oldest corporation in the world is only 400 years old, and the average lifespan of companies listed in the S&P 500 is only 15 years.
When was the last time you shopped at the A&P? Yes, you remember the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, don't you? No? Please read about it. This company was the Wal-Mart of its day. Cities and states had laws to prevent them from opening stores and “destroying our small businesses.”
Sound familiar? Where is the A&P now? Remember when Microsoft was going to rule the world? Antitrust! Antitrust! Along come a couple of guys that start a company called Google - well, you know the rest of the story.