February 1, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
It's long past time to end secret political spending by corporations.
So 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.
P.S. I'm at times a customer and/or a share holder of some of these companies, so I furiously resent my money being spent against me without my knowledge. Whether they are people or not, corporations should NOT be allowed to use "OPM" to influence the government, which is usually for the sole benefit of a handful of shadowy individuals.
Sincerely,
Gary Jones