They have a favourable taxation system (I&#x27;d love to be able to only pay tax on the money I haven&#x27;t spent; instead I pay on my revenue...).<p>A quick Google so far reveals:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.americanprogress.org&#x2F;issues&#x2F;civil-liberties&#x2F;report&#x2F;2012&#x2F;08&#x2F;13&#x2F;11974&#x2F;big-business-taking-over-state-supreme-courts&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.americanprogress.org&#x2F;issues&#x2F;civil-liberties&#x2F;repo...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.counterpunch.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;06&#x2F;19&#x2F;corporations-over-people-again&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.counterpunch.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;06&#x2F;19&#x2F;corporations-over-peo...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Corporate_personhood" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Corporate_personhood</a><p>Political contributions and lobbying, things like the TPP, TTIP, the IMF, etc. etc. are all pretty much set up to think about businesses over human lives.<p>EDIT: This is a good one...<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;28&#x2F;335288388&#x2F;when-did-companies-become-people-excavating-the-legal-evolution" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;28&#x2F;335288388&#x2F;when-did-companies-b...</a>