February 1, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
First of all, to make my point of view clear, it is an abomination that corporations were ever granted the status of personhood! With that a fait accompli, however, I also want to add that I agree with many US citizens that it is long past time to end secret political spending by any and all corporations.
Therefore, I strongly support the SEC issuing a rule in the near future that would require publicly traded corporations to publicly disclose all their spending on political activities.
Both shareholders and the public deserve to know how much a given corporation spends on politics (directly and through intermediaries), and which candidates are being promoted or attacked.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
Charles Jacobs