"The corporate charter is a privilege and it can be con- 
ditioned. Just like a crooked labor union, under existing
laws, can be thrown into a trusteeship, with the union
leaders removed. We don't have that for corporations. The
only time a corporation can be thrown into trusteeship is 
if it doesn't pay its creditors, and goes into bankruptcy. 
I'm saying it should be standard for corporations that are
persistent polluters, persistent law-violators, persistent
defrauders of consumers that the charter is pulled and it 
is thrown into trusteeship. It still keeps its doors open
but the board of directors and the officers are removed. 
The trustees take over to straighten out the corporation. 
I think that's a very powerful tool that goes right to 
the core of the creation of the corporation."

--Ralph Nader
  Interview with Steve Law
  Statesman Journal (Oregon)
  August 26, 2000

<http://news.statesmanjournal.com/single_article.cfm?i=12116>

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