Individuality

Back in January the Supreme Court made a very controversial ruling. In the Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, they overruled a century of rulings to determine that corporations had the same rights as individuals when it came to participation in elections. It is truly an appalling decision on many levels, but I think there can be a silver lining to this ruling.

The popular belief of the same people that support that decision is that the oil spill is just an accident and that BP should pay for the cleanup but not anything more. I submit that BP should be treated like an individual, and the persons involved held criminally liable for destroying the environment. Maybe if there is a real penalty, something other than passing some additional costs on to the shareholders, there may be some impetus to do things the way they should have all along.

It's the same logic they use for the death penalty.