>From the 99% club: Corporations aren't humans. I would like to with draw there blanket statement and clarify a little: To the degree they are a a hiveminded collective that makes a Genosian jells- that entire brain...still is not human. ---------------------------------- As a follow up: Mr Glen, are you considering a Kickstarter project? When you say "some cooperation's object..." . Is it "Holy shit! Health care is fucking expensive " , I just wanted to have (fill in the blank) While in a Kickstart phase?
it's my understanding even comparatively agile Social Enterprises needs a attorney on retainer. On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote: > As you know a couple of corporations are objecting the the requirement > that they provide health insurance that includes contraceptive options to > their employees. The argument is that doing so forces the owners of the > corporation to violate their religions beliefs. > > There are a number of problems with that argument. Two immediate ones are > that exceptions of that sort can't be bounded. Which religious beliefs > should be protected? Should a corporation be allowed to refuse to buy > insurance unless the doctors agree that only male doctors will treat male > patients and only female doctors will treat female patients as some > religions require? Theses sorts of objections could be elaborated forever. > > A different objection to the corporation's argument is that corporations > don't have religious beliefs. So it is not possible to violate them. The > law explicitly distinguishes between a corporation and its owners, who may > have religious beliefs. Corporations are separate legal entities. They are > given certain rights and protections, and are subject to certain legal > requirements. Requiring a corporation to do something is not the same thing > as requiring the owner of the corporation to do that thing. > > This (finally) leads to the question I want to ask. Let's assume that I > as an individual hire 500 people to work for me. I do not incorporate; I > just hire them individual to individual. Does anyone know if the law > requires me to provide health insurance for them? > > *-- Russ Abbott* > *_____________________________________________* > * Professor, Computer Science* > * California State University, Los Angeles* > > * Google voice: 747-*999-5105; CS Dept.: 323-343-6690 > Google+: *http://GPlus.to/RussAbbott <http://GPlus.to/RussAbbott>,* > * http://tinyurl.com/RussAbbott > <http://tinyurl.com/RussAbbott>, or * > * http://google.com/+RussAbbottCa > <http://google.com/+RussAbbottCa> * > * vita: *sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ > *CS Wiki* <http://cs.calstatela.edu/wiki/> and the courses I teach > > * A draft of "Abstractions and Implementations > <http://philpapers.org/rec/ABBAAI>" * > * How the Fed can fix the economy (**2 pages)**: ssrn.com/abstract=1977688 > <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1977688>* > *_____________________________________________* > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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