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[–] JohnPaulJones 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago 

They aren't people in the same sense that you or I are people. It's an odd legal distinction but corporations have corporate personhood. This allows corporations to bring suits, be sued, pay taxes, etc. All the legal things that would become necessary to extend corporations beyond single owner or basic partnership.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood

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[–] Boris ago 

An often over looked invention.