Corporations are already legally "persons", and technically immortal as well, but the law making them so does not commit us to perpetual life support of such "persons" when they are no longer able to survive. Even gods may become mortal and die when they fail.
Propping up the corporations (and their political donations) may be immediately expedient, but it perpetuates the core problem, which is that the United States is no longer competitive in the global marketplace.
Yes, a great many of our remaining manufacturing corporations are in dire trouble. But the rules of evolution state quite clearly that those less fit to survive will die off and make way for something more suited to the present world to evolve and supplant them. Older life forms give way to newer life forms., Older methods give way to newer methods. Older manufacturers thus must give way to newer manufacturers.
We cannot prop up the candle maker when the prudent course is to build an electric light factory!
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